Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 8, 2013No. 2012-KO-1766PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Per curiam

_JjWrit granted in part. Defendant is presently serving a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for a second degree murder committed in 2008 when he was 17 years old. The sentence was mandated by the penalty provision of the statute establishing the offense. The court of appeal affirmed defendant’s conviction and sentence in State v. Williams, 47,146 (La.App. 2 Cir. 6/20/12); 93 So.3d 830, and defendant applied to this Court for discretionary review. While defendant’s application was pending, the United States Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. -, 132…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
  2. State v. DoiseLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  3. State v. CalhounLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
  4. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  5. State v. SmootLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

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