Legal Opinion
State v. Calhoun
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 17, 2017No. 51,337-KAPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
| tAfter his 1989 conviction for first degree murder, Field Calhoun was sentenced to life at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. We affirmed his conviction and sentence in State v. Calhoun, 554 So.2d 127 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1989), writ denied, 558 So.2d 601 (La. 1990). The defendant was 17 when he committed this gruesome crime.
Because of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016), the trial court in 2016 amended the sentence to allow him the benefit…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- State v. BenjaminLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. JylesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- State v. JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
- State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
- State v. OlivierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
- State v. ComeauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
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