Legal Opinion
State v. Heider
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 3, 2012No. 12-52PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECUIR, Judge.
11 Defendant, Paul David Heider, was charged with vehicular homicide and third degree feticide, in violation of La.R.S. 14:32.1 and 14:32.8.
The trial court conducted a Daubert hearing to determine the admissibility of scientific evidence for use at trial. A portion of the testimony was explicitly perpetuated for later use at trial. After a bench trial, the court found Defendant guilty on both counts. Defendant was sentenced to five years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for vehicular homicide and a consecutive term of five years at…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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