Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 22, 2014No. 2013-KA-0665PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
hShounda Edwards was charged by the district attorney with the aggravated battery of Shantell Williams. Following a bench trial, she was found guilty of second degree battery. Ms. Edwards was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Ms. Edwards now appeals her conviction and sentence.
Ms. Edwards initially briefed three assignments of error. Her first assignment claims that her Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury was violated since she did not *134personally waive her right to trial by jury or consent to trial by judge. Her…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Greenlaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- State v. SealsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
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