Legal Opinion
State v. Knight
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 9, 2010No. 09-KA-359PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARION F. EDWARDS, Judge.
12Pefendant/appellant, Phillip Knight, appeals his conviction of the second degree murder of his father, Bobby Knight, and the life sentence imposed as a result of that conviction. We affirm both the conviction and the sentence.
Knight was charged with the murder that occurred on October 26, 2000. He pled not guilty at the arraignment. On December 5, 2000, Knight withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Knight also filed a motion to appoint a sanity commission to determine his competency to stand trial. The trial court…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- Illinois v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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