Legal Opinion
State v. Collins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 12, 2010No. 2009 KA 1617PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParro, J.
|2The defendant, Juave Collins, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. The defendant pled not guilty, but was found guilty as charged after a jury trial. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The defendant now appeals, assigning error as to the constitutionality of the sentence imposed and the effectiveness of counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction and sentence.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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3Cited by19 opinions
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