Legal Opinion
State v. Celestine
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 2013No. 2012-KA-1541PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
11 This appeal arises from the convictions and sentence of the defendant for one count of attempted possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of attempted simple escape. The defendant asserts that the trial court erred by denying a Batson challenge and in allowing alleged improper statements during closing and rebuttal arguments. We find that the trial court did not err in finding the State’s race-neutral reasoning for striking the potential juror was valid. We also find that the trial court did not err in overruling defense counsels’ objections to the State’s…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Snyder v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Johnson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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3Cited by8 opinions
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