Legal Opinion
Burrell v. State
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 13, 2016No. Nos. 50,157-CA, 50,158-CAPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.
11 This consolidated appeal arises from the Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Union, State of Louisiana. Albert Ronnie Burrell and Michael Ray Graham appeal the judgment of the trial court denying their claims under La. R.S. 15:572.8 for compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
FACTS
Albert Ronnie Burrell and Michael Ray Graham each spent more than 13 years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after having been convicted of the 1986 double murder of William and Callie Frost (“the…
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