Legal Opinion
State v. Celestine
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 17, 1983No. 82-KA-1779PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, Justice.*
Defendant, Sandra Celestine, was convicted by a jury of two counts of forgery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:721 and sentenced to one year at hard labor on each count. The concurrent sentences were suspended with three conditions: supervised probation for eighteen months; restitution during the eighteen months; court costs and twenty days in the parish jail.2 Defendant has appealed her convictions and sentences.
FACTS
In February of 1981, Lawrence Reed, Jr., and Sandra Celestine were living together. Reed had been laid off from his job and was receiving unemployment checks of one…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. MelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- People v. KollmannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- State v. LeboSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- State v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. HarrisonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
- State v. MatthewsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002