Legal Opinion
State v. Olivier
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 21, 2018No. 2017–KA–0724PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Tiffany G. Chase
Defendant, Ronald Olivier (hereinafter "Mr. Olivier"), was convicted of second degree murder in 1993, when he was a juvenile, and sentenced to life imprisonment, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Mr. Olivier appealed and his conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court in 1994.1 Following the United States Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama2 , Mr. Olivier filed a motion with the trial court seeking to correct his sentence in accordance with Miller . After a hearing, the motion was denied. Mr. Olivier appealed and this Court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- State v. BenjaminLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. JylesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
- Eric Brown Versus State of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2020
- State of Louisiana v. Karl DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2020
- State v. HenryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
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