Legal Opinion
State v. Dussett
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 2012No. 12-KA-356PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.
| ¡.Defendant, Phillip Dussett, Jr., was convicted of attempted first degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27:30. On appeal, he argues that his sentence is unconstitutionally excessive. He also argues that if this Court is precluded from reviewing his sentence for constitutional exces-siveness because of his trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to reconsider sentence, then this Court should find that his trial counsel rendered him ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we find no merit to either of defendant’s assignments of error, and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
- Associated Motors, Inc. v. BurkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
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3Cited by2 opinions
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