Legal Opinion
State v. Clements
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 2000No. CR99-2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
11 SAUNDERS, Judge.
Gloria Sue Clements (Defendant), seeks review of her sentence. Defendant was indicted by a grand jury for second degree murder on July 23, 1998. On May 6, 1999,' Defendant pled guilty to the amended charge of manslaughter. At the sentencing hearing on October 22, 1999, the court clarified that Defendant entered an Alford plea.1 Defendant was sentenced to serve eighteen years at hard labor. On November 19, 1999, Defendant filed a Motion to Reconsider Sentence which was subsequently denied without a hearing.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 29, 1997, Ernest Clemens was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- State v. JamesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- State v. JamesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. ReedLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
- State of Louisiana v. Tameshia TaylorLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012