Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 15, 2017No. 51,674–KAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Frederick Thompson Jr. appeals a judgment that resentenced him to life imprisonment at hard labor, with the benefit of parole eligibility, for a homicide committed in 1992, when he was 17 years old. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On the afternoon of September 20, 1992, Steven Potter was emptying trash into a Dumpster on Norris Ferry Road, in Caddo Parish. Someone came up behind him, shot him in the back of the head with a .38 caliber revolver, dragged his body to a nearby road, and drove off in his car. The next day, police spotted Thompson riding around in Potter's car. They…
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