State v. Brooks
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
BLEICH, J. (Pro Tempore )
Pursuant to Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and Montgomery v. Louisiana , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 718, 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016), Donald G. Brooks was resentenced to life imprisonment with parole eligibility for a 1976 murder he committed when he was 17 years old. No motion to reconsider sentence was filed. Brooks' appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw, together with a brief pursuant to Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), alleging that there are no non-frivolous issues upon which…
2Cases cited26 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. LynchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Roberts v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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