Legal Opinion
State v. Moran
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 2017No. 16-868PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
|! Defendant Hank Moran appeals his jury conviction for the first degree murder of his wife, Constance Moran. Before she was killed, Ms. Moran called police to report Mr. Moran had choked her. Officers responded and returned to the home after they were unable to locate Mr. Moran at a local park he frequented. When an officer returned, he found Mr. Moran crouching over his wife’s body as blood seeped from her. Mr. Moran was charged with first degree murder pursuant to La.R.S. M^iKAX^Xa).1 The State argued he killed his wife to prevent her from testifying about the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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