Legal Opinion
State ex rel. LeBlanc v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 8, 1972No. 51775PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
In this post-conviction proceeding, Donner J. LeBlanc attacked the validity of his guilty plea, under which he is now serving a six-year sentence for armed robbery in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge upheld the plea under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). We affirm.
On December 28, 1969, a man armed with a shotgun, assisted by several accomplices, robbed the Bonanza Steak House in Jefferson Parish. Responding to a robbery-call, officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department arrived…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by68 opinions
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. SheltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Chamberlain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- State v. HoldenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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