Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 2017No. 2016-KA-0653PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Terri F. Love
| defendant Melvin Jones (“Mr. Jones”) appeals his conviction of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile in violation of La, R.S. 14:80. Mr. Jones seeks reversal of his *130conviction arguing that - material portions of the record bearing on the merits of his appeal are missing, he was unable to cross-examine the individuals who performed the DNA testing, and the trial court erred by admitting evidence of a 1998 allegation of aggravated rape. Although the record does not contain a compléte voir dire transcript, we find the omission is not so material as to prevent a full review:…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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