Legal Opinion

State v. Turner

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 10, 2019No. 52,510-KAPublished

1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.

*1207The defendant, Ollandis Derrell Turner, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery. He was ordered to serve 60 years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, Turner seeks to have his conviction overturned, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, his trial counsel was ineffective, and the prosecutor made improper remarks during closing arguments. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

FACTS

On August 12, 2016, shortly before 11:00 p.m., Blanton Burgess, a college student working part-time as…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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