Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 2011No. 10-KA-577PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.
|aOn January 10, 2008, a Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Cody Wright, with the second degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:3o.!. 1 Defendant was arraigned on January 16, 2008, and pled not guilty. On July 16, 2008, the State severed defendant from his co-defendants for trial. The case was subsequently tried before a 12-person jury, which found defendant guilty of the responsive verdict of manslaughter. The trial judge sentenced defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for 25 years. On December 9, 2009, defendant filed a timely motion for appeal…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
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3Cited by11 opinions
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