State v. Savoy

LA jury convicted the defendant, Courtney Paul Savoy, of simple escape in violation of La.R.S. 14:110. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced the defendant to serve five years at hard labor and ordered that the sentence run consecutive to the sentence he was serving at the time of the offense. On appeal, the defendant’s counsel raises one assignment of error, and the defendant raises eleven pro se assignments of error. For the following reasons, we vacate the defendant’s conviction and sentence and remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

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