Legal Opinion

State v. Gibson

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 12, 1990No. 89-KA-500PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GAUDIN, Judge.

David W. Gibson was convicted of theft and forgery in the 29th Judicial District Court and sentenced as a multiple offender to 32 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

On appeal, Gibson assigns five errors, alleging that the trial judge was wrong:(1) in denying the defense motion for a continuance,(2) in denying his (Gibson’s) request to discharge his court-appointed counsel,(3) in allowing the prosecuting attorney to ask a harmful leading question,(4) in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial following the assistant district…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. DoughtySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  2. State v. TruittSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  3. State v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. McIntyreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. State v. CockerhamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. StevensonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
  2. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
  3. State v. GibsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992

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