Legal Opinion
State v. Lewis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 28, 1984No. 84 KA 0123PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORTESS, Judge.
Initially, defendant, Jerry Lewis, was charged by grand jury indictment with manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31. Defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-one years. Defendant filed a pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea which the trial judge granted and vacated defendant’s plea. However, the trial judge subsequently recalled the order and defendant’s guilty plea and sentence were allowed to stand. Defendant appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court. In State v. Lewis, 421 So.2d 224 (La.1982), the Supreme Court reversed defendant’s…
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