Legal Opinion
State v. Robertson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 28, 2008No. 08-KA-297PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADELINE JASMINE, Judge Pro Tempore.
| ^Defendant, Brandon E. Robertson, appeals his conviction for second degree murder. On appeal, he assigns the following errors of the trial court:
1. It was error to deny the Motion to Suppress the Statement.
2. The prosecutor’s closing argument was an improper appeal to have the jurors imagine their loved ones as the victim, in an attempt to turn appellant’s trial into a plebiscite on crime. Defense counsel’s failure to move for a mistrial on the basis of the improper argument was ineffective assistance of counsel.
3. 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause (pro…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. CasimerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
- State v. DeclouetLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- State v. MitchellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
- State ex rel. C.M.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
- State v. TassinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
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