Legal Opinion
State v. Nora
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 18, 2014No. 2013-KA-0892PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
_JjThe defendant seeks review of his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and his sentence as a multiple offender. The defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his Batson challenge, denying his Motion to Sever or denying the Motion for Mistrial, and for not ruling on his Motion for New Trial. We find that the State of Louisiana provided race-neutral reasoning for striking the juror. Therefore, the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s Batson challenge. We also find that the defendant was not entitled to a severance.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Snyder v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Johnson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. YoungLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- State v. BoylesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. FergusonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. NoraLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. SerigneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
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