Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Herbert Nicholson v. State of Louisiana

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 5, 2015No. 2013-KH-0072PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

For reasons that follow, relator’s convictions and sentences for sexual battery, aggravated oral sexual battery, and attempted aggravated rape are vacated, as is the portion of the sentence for aggravated rape requiring that he undergo medroxy-progesterone acetate treatment. Relator’s convictions for aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping and corresponding life sentences without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence remain undisturbed.

Relator’s convictions stem from unrelated attacks on two different -women in the 1990s: a 1991 attack on a victim identified *346as K.T.; and a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. State v. JacobsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  4. Stogner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. State Ex Rel. Olivieri v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State of Louisiana v. Simuel Shaw JrLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
  2. State v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2015
  3. State v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2015
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2017

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