Legal Opinion
State v. Celestine
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2012No. 11-1403PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEATY, Judge.
| iDefendant, Charles Paul Celestine, was convicted by a jury of aggravated rape and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals his conviction only, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to request a Daubert1 hearing relative to the evidentiary chain of custody and in failing to retain a DNA expert. For the following reasons, we affirm Defendant’s conviction.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
*575On August 29, 1989, D.C.2 started walking home from an area known as the “Strip” in Lafayette after an…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. PrudholmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. SeissSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. RoeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
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3Cited by39 opinions
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