Legal Opinion

State v. Small

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 16, 2011No. 46,632-KAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Chief Judge.

|, Defendant, Satonia Small, was convicted by a unanimous jury of second degree felony murder, that is, an unintended killing that occurred during the perpetration of a felony, in this case, cruelty to juveniles. She was sentenced to the mandatory term of life at hard labor without parole. Defendant has appealed her conviction and sentence. We now affirm.

Discussion

Defendant claims error in that the evidence presented was insufficient to convict, in the admission of substantive evidence of a prior crime, that Louisiana’s felony murder provision is unconstitutionally vague,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  3. State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  5. State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SmallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
  2. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  3. State of Louisiana v. Dominique JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  4. State v. SmallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011

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