Legal Opinion
State v. Ford
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 9, 2007No. 41,949-KAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge.
|, Defendant, Willie Ford, pled guilty to one count of attempted first degree murder, and the trial court sentenced him to serve 45 years at hard labor. The defendant now appeals, asserting that his guilty plea is invalid because the trial court’s Boykinization was inadequate and that his sentence is unconstitutionally excessive. For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s conviction and sentence are affirmed.
Facts
On September 23, 2004, police officers were called to respond to a shooting involving two men on Shaver Street in Bossier City. When officers arrived, they were…
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