Legal Opinion

State v. Hicks

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 17, 2018No. 17-KA-696PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChehardy, C.J.

*1042On appeal, defendant challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendants and the trial court's denial of his motion for mistrial. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Procedural History

On January 23, 2014, a Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Kevin Hicks, with the second degree murder of Deshon Evans, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1 (count one), and the attempted second degree murder of Jonquell Neal, in violation of La. R.S. 14:27 and La. R.S. 14:30.1 (count two). Further, in that same indictment, the grand jury indicted Kevin…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990

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