Legal Opinion
State v. Green
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 22, 1995No. 94-KA-0887PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| iCALOGERO,* Chief Justice, Pro Tem.
Pamela Beth Block was murdered in the course of an attempted armed robbery on August 28, 1991. An Orleans Parish Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Melvin Green with first degree murder. LSA-R.S. 14:30. Green pleaded not guilty and was tried by jury on July 21-24, 1992. The petit jury found Green guilty as charged, but was unable to reach a unanimous decision following the penalty phase of the capital trial. Accordingly, the trial court sentenced Green to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of…
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