Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 11, 2017No. 51,011-KAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
hThe defendant, Veronica Jackson, was indicted on the charge of second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14.30.1. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the defendant pled guilty to the responsive verdict of manslaughter, LSA-R.S. 14:31, with a sentence of at least 20 years and the possibility of the statutory maximum sentence of 40 years. The district court sentenced defendant to serve the maximum 40 years’ imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant appeals the sentence imposed as excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS
In November 2014, the victim, Grover Brown, was found dead on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- State v. JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- State v. BurfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. BarrettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
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- State v. GriffinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
- State v. WillisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
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