Legal Opinion

State v. Gordon

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 28, 2018No. 17–846PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AMY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of first degree vehicular negligent injuring. The defendant entered a guilty plea to three counts of vehicular homicide, and the State dismissed the negligent injuring charge. The trial court sentenced the defendant to eighteen years for each count of vehicular homicide, with the sentences to run consecutively. The defendant appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Trooper Brennon Russell1 of the Louisiana State Police testified that, on October 1, 2015, he received…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Associated Motors, Inc. v. BurkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  3. State v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
  4. State v. CelestineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. State v. LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2010

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