Legal Opinion
State v. Pugh
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 2, 2005No. 40,287-KAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
914 So.2d 1183 (2005)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee
v.
Melvin Dewayne PUGH, Appellant.
No. 40,287-KA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
November 2, 2005.
Mary Constance Hanes, Louisiana Appellate Project, for Appellant.
J. Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, Matthew Altimus Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.
Before BROWN, GASKINS and MOORE, JJ.
GASKINS, J.
The defendant, Melvin Dewayne Pugh, was originally indicted for first degree murder in the beating death of his infant daughter. However, he entered an Alford[1] plea to the lesser offense of manslaughter.[2] For this offense, he…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. GuzmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
- State v. HaleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
- State v. JuneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
- State v. JordanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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