Legal Opinion
State v. Fletcher
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 2014No. 49,303-KAPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
hThe defendant, Dalton Fletcher, was convicted of two counts of second degree murder in the shooting deaths of his parents. He was initially sentenced to two concurrent mandatory sentences of life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit' of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. We affirmed his convictions. State v. Fletcher, 47,777 (La.App.2d Cir.4/10/13), 112 So.3d 1031. However, due to the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), which prohibits mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile killers, this…
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