Legal Opinion
State v. Walton
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 4, 2012No. 11-1085PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY, Judge.
LA jury convicted the defendant of second degree murder in the shooting death of the victim. The defendant appeals the conviction, questioning the use of a witness’s pre-recorded interview and asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
The record indicates that the victim, Dustin Tutson, along with his girlfriend, Natalie Boutte, were driving Ms. Boutte’s car in Lake Charles on the evening of May 21, 2008. According to Ms. Boutte’s trial testimony, the couple stopped in front of a house where a group of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Grasser Contracting Co. v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- State v. LegerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- Leger v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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3Cited by8 opinions
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