Legal Opinion

State v. Purvis

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 12, 2017No. 16-816PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHYLLIS M. KEATY, JUDGE

1 ]Defendant, Jacob Dewayne Purvis, appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated arson. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant lived in a double-wide trailer with his mother, uncle, sister, and his sister’s two daughters. During the morning of September 16, 2015, Defendant and his sister were arguing inside the trailer when he allegedly threatened to burn it down. He exited the trailer, threw a bug zapper against the wall on the front porch, and walked to the side of the house. A few minutes later, the trailer…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  3. State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  4. State Ex Rel. Graffagnino v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. State v. DuncanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. PurvisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  2. State Of Louisiana v. Shane Michael PerezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2021
  3. State of Louisiana v. Jacob Purvis AKA Jacob Dewayne PurvisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  4. State of Louisiana v. Katron v. Richard A/K/A Katron RichardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
  5. State v. KatronLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019

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