Legal Opinion
State v. Trahan
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 2, 2012No. 2011-K-1609PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
|tThe state charged defendant by grand jury indictment with second degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1 following the shooting death of her live-in boyfriend/husband. After trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced her to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, the Third Circuit reversed defendant’s conviction and sentence on grounds that the evidence presented at trial did not support her conviction for second degree murder and would not support a judgment…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. Bernard McKeonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Martinez v. Bally's Louisiana, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State of Louisiana v. Mary Henderson TrahanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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