Legal Opinion
State v. Bacot
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 28, 1989No. 88-KA-1831PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARMSTRONG, Judge.
Defendant, Pedro Bacot, appeals from his jury conviction for possession of cocaine for which he was sentenced to five years at hard labor, sentence to run concurrently with any other sentence. On appeal defendant relies on one assignment of error. We affirm.
The record reflects that on July 2, 1985, at about 8:00 p.m., the defendant ran a stop sign at the corner of Mandeville and Burgundy Streets and was stopped by Officer Gus Bethea. As the defendant exited his vehicle, he began firing at Officer Bethea wounding him in both hands and disabling his hand-held radio. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
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