Legal Opinion
State v. Cawthorne
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 3, 2018No. 18-155PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAUNDERS, Judge.
On April 29, 2015, Defendant, Roderick Jermaine Cawthorne, Jr., was charged by *721grand jury indictment with one count of first degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30, and one count of obstruction of justice, a violation of La.R.S. 14:130.1. On August 17, 2015, the indictment was amended from one count of first degree murder to one count of second degree murder, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1(A)(2), and Defendant waived a formal reading of the bill of indictment. Through his counsel, Defendant entered a plea of not guilty, and requested a trial by jury.
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2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
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