State v. Jefferson

The defendant, Calvin Bernard Jefferson, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. The defendant pled not guilty. He filed a motion to suppress his statement. A hearing was held on the matter, and the motion was denied. Two days into trial, the defendant withdrew his not guilty plea, and at a Boykin hearing, pled guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), and State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584 (La. 1976). See Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). (R. pp.…