Legal Opinion
State v. Sartain
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 2008No. 2008-KA-0266PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.
^¡STATEMENT OF CASE
On May 17, 2006, Jasmine Sartain was indicted for the second degree murder of Christopher Smith and for a separate count of aggravated assault of a peace officer. The court arraigned him on June 8, and he pled not guilty to both charges. The State severed the counts, and on October 4, 2007, at the conclusion of a three-day trial, a twelve-person jury found him guilty as charged of the second degree murder count. On November 9, the State nolle prosequied the assault count. The court denied Sartain’s motions for new trial and post-verdict judgment…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. NealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
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3Cited by10 opinions
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