Legal Opinion

State v. McGee

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 25, 2019No. 2018-K-1052Published

1Per curiam

Writ granted. Defendant, having been convicted of second degree murder, urged on appeal that defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance in three specific ways: 1) for failing to introduce or proffer statements he made to two separate police officers following his arrest; 2) for failing to subpoena one of these officers to testify at trial; and 3) for failing to request that a machete found near the scene of the crime be fingerprinted as possible exculpatory evidence. See State v. McGee , 51,977, p. 8 (La. App. 2 Cir. 5/23/18), 247 So.3d 1142, 1146. The court of appeal concluded the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. RatcliffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. SeissSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. BurkhalterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986

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