Legal Opinion
State v. Marcelin
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 22, 2013No. 2012-KA-0645PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
_L¡The defendant Wilbert Marcelin was convicted of one count of second degree murder and one count of manslaughter. On appeal, the defendant assigns as error: (1) the trial court denied him due process by excluding cross-examination of the investigating detective regarding another suspect; (2) the conviction by non-unanimous verdict violated his constitutional right to a fair trial; and (3) the trial court erred by imposing unconstitutionally excessive maximum sentences and ordering the sentences to run consecutively. We find the trial court did not err in excluding the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. MartinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
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- State v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- Marcelin v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
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