Legal Opinion

State v. Santos

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 13, 2010No. 09-KA-789PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

| gDefendant, Jose C. Santos, has appealed his conviction for manslaughter in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:31. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

On January 5, 2007, defendant was residing in an apartment located at 4209 Asher Court, Apartment C, Kenner, Louisiana, with four other individuals. On that evening, three of the individuals, Teodoro Perrier Hernandez, Maria Cotrera and Jose Manuel Martinez-Valencia, were cooking dinner while the other two individuals, Juan Hernandez Perrier and defendant, Jose Santos, were sleeping upstairs. Jose Manuel and Teodoro left…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  3. State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  4. State v. LynchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. Copenhaver v. John Bonura & Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1925

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. VernonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  2. State v. MitchellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. State v. NguyenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  4. State v. LedayLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. State v. RamirezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

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