Legal Opinion

State v. McCasland

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 18, 2017No. 2016 KA 1178PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McClendon, j.

|2Pefendant, Jarret Jean McCasland, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty and, following a jury trial, was found guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Defendant filed a motion to reconsider sentence; the trial court heard argument at a hearing and denied the motion. Defendant now appeals designating four assignments of error. We affirm the conviction and sentence.

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2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  5. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

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