Legal Opinion
State v. Sheppard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 13, 1996No. 95-KK-0370PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
679 So.2d 899 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Robert SHEPPARD.
No. 95-KK-0370.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 13, 1996.
2Per curiam
The record fully supports the district court's ruling that relator did not have a viable defense of insanity based on long-term substance abuse and that the failure of appointed counsel to discuss the defense with him had no bearing on the voluntariness of his guilty plea. Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 55, 106 S.Ct. 366, 370, 88 L.Ed.2d 203 (1985); State v. Washington, 491 So.2d 1337, 1338-39 (La.1986).
The record also shows, however, that relator had no opportunity to discuss…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Copas v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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4Cited by8 opinions
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