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| | 1. | Seventeen-year-old's habitual offender life sentence without parole was prohibited by Graham; review for excessiveness also warranted.
State v. Thayer Green, 2016-K-0107 (La. 06/29/17) [25 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
In July 2012 defendant and KL were seventeen. They had previously dated and had a child
together. After exchanging text messages in the preceding days, defendant ... view full summary | | 2. | Defendant entitled to quash indictment that contravened agreement with prosecution.
State v. Woodrow Karey, Jr., 2016-K-0377 (La. 06/29/17) [33 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
At a church service in September 2013, defendant shot and killed the pastor, Ronald Harris,
Sr. Defendant immediately surrendered to police, stating, "He raped my wife." S... view full summary | | 3. | Defense counsel was not subject to Public Records Law restriction applicable to felons in custody.
James E. Boren v. Earl B. Taylor, 2016-CC-2078 (La. 06/29/17) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
Plaintiff, an attorney, was retained by Stephen Bergeron to review his 2013 rape
convictions for valid bases for post-conviction relief. Pursuant to the Public... view full summary | | 4. | Court reinstates jury verdict of guilty of being principal to kidnapping.
State v. Chadwick McGhee, 2015-K-2141 (La. 06/29/17) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
Defendant was charged with the second degree kidnapping of Jessica Guillot. Evidence at
trial showed that on September 7, 2013, Asa Bentley went to Guillot's mother's ho... view full summary | | 5. | Defendant not entitled to suppression of cocaine found inside grill: no expectation of privacy.
State v. Joseph Moultrie, 2015-K-2144 (La. 06/29/17) [9 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
Officers noticed defendant standing in the street in front of a trailer at approximately 11:00
p.m. in a high crime neighborhood. Defendant quickly retreated out of vi... view full summary | | 6. | Court reverses denial of motion to suppress evidence from traffic stop of defendant unauthorized to drive rental car.
State v. Julius Hankton, 2017-KK-1108 (La. 07/20/17) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 7
Defendant was one of the subjects of a federal and state task force investigation. A federal
agent testified that she and other agents observed defendant using a... view full summary | | PROPERTY
| | 7. | Court remands levee appropriation class action in light of recent opinion concerning compensation and attorney's fees.
Jason Adams v. South Lafourche Levee District, 2016-C-1423 (La. 06/29/17) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
On March 31, 2017, the Court issued an opinion in South Lafourche Levee District v. Chad
M. Jarreau, 2016-C-0788 (La. 03/31/17). (See LSCR Vol. 25, No. 4). Jarreau invo... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 8. | Court lacked appellate jurisdiction over constitutional challenge to medical treatment schedule.
Janice Barber v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, 2017-CA-0750 (La. 06/05/17) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
The 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, enjoined the application of certain medical
treatment schedule provisions in the Louisiana Workers' Compensation... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 9. | Defendant entitled to in camera inspection of victims' medical records.
State v. Abdellatif Devol, 2017-KK-0646 (La. 06/05/17) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant was a third-year law student when charged in East Baton Rouge Parish with
forcible rape, simple rape, and sexual battery. This opinion conc... view full summary | | 10. | Defendant entitled to an evidentiary hearing as to whether his guilty plea was made knowingly and intelligently.
State v. Jacob Johnston, 2016-KO-1460 (La. 06/05/17) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant's teacher took defendant into his home to live with his family when defendant
was seventeen. On a day that the teacher and his wife left defendant... view full summary | | 11. | District court erred in resetting initial trial date after case transfer.
State v. Kenneth P. Landrieu, 2017-KK-0950 (La. 06/09/17) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant filed a motion to waive his right to a jury trial in the Criminal District Court for
the Parish of Orleans. Pursuant to La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7... view full summary | | 12. | Habeas petitioner convicted of 1971 rape entitled to evidentiary hearing on Brady claim.
Wilbert Jones v. Darrel Vannoy, 2017-KP-0101 (La. 06/16/17) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Petitioner was convicted of the 1971 abduction and rape of a young Baton Rouge General
Medical Center nurse. He was sentenced to life in prison without benefit of parol... view full summary |
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