Legal Opinion
State v. Allen
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 10, 2016No. 50,703-KAPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge.
| defendant, 21-year-old Raco (aka “Rico”) Allen, was charged by grand jury indictment with the second degree murder of 25 year old Jacoby Taylor. La. R.S. 14:30.1. A unanimous jury found Allen guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to serve the statutorily mandated life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole. Allen was also sentenced to serve ten days’ imprisonment in lieu of court costs concurrently with his life sentence.
Allen now appeals, alleging insufficiency of the evidence; trial court error in the denial of a motion in limine to redact certain…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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