Legal Opinion

State v. Celestain

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 30, 2014No. 2013-KA-1262PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

hDoraella Banks (“Ms. Banks”) and her codefendant, Julius Celestain (“Mr. Celes-tain”) appeal their conviction and sentence of distribution of cocaine in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1).1 Counsel for Mr. Celes-*877tain filed an appellate brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) requesting a review for errors patent and granting of his motion to withdraw. On appellate review, we find two patent errors as to Mr. Celestain’s sentencing including: (1) the trial court’s failure to observe the twenty-four hour delay mandated by…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  4. State v. BenjaminLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  5. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. State v. KisackLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. State v. LambertLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  5. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016

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