Legal Opinion
State v. Porche
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 2001No. 2000-KA-1391PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I,WALTZER, Judge.
Defendant, Melvin Porche, appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated rape, aggravated burglary and aggravated crime against nature. Porche argues that he was denied effective counsel after the trial court denied his motion for continuance.
On 14 January 1999, Melvin Porche was charged by bill of indictment with one count each of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary and aggravated crime against nature. Porche was represented by appointed counsel at the pre-trial motion hearings on 8 March 1999 and 26 May 1999. Retained counsel enrolled on 16 July 1999. Due to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. PrudholmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. RatcliffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. WareLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State ex rel. O.W.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
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