Legal Opinion
State v. Washington
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 18, 1986No. 85-KP-2339PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Justice.*
This is a proceeding for post conviction relief. La.Code Crim.Proc. arts. 924 et seq. Petitioner attacks a 1979 guilty plea as being involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel.
*1338As a result of his 1979 plea to a charge of forgery, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor. His sentence was suspended, and he was placed on supervised probation. Because of violations of conditions that he maintain approved employment, report to probation officers and make restitution of $55.95, his probation was revoked in 1985, and his three year hard labor sentence was…
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