Legal Opinion
State v. Baham
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 2014No. 2013-KA-0058PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.
11 Following a jury trial, William T. Ba-ham (“defendant”) was convicted of second degree murder1 for the death of Errol Meeks and sentenced to life in prison. Defendant appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.
On the night of January 17, 2011, Meeks was at Friar Tucks bar with Larry Brown, a relative. Donald Oliver (nicknamed “Diesel”), who knew Meeks through a friend, was also at the bar. Defendant and two acquaintances, Derrick Lotz (nicknamed “Pops”) and Mitchell Marks were among the other patrons at Friar Tucks that…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Smith v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mathes v. SchwingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- State of Louisiana v. Dontrelon ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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