Legal Opinion
State v. Mitchell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 13, 2009No. 08-KA-629PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.
12Pefendant, Lawrence Mitchell, a.k.a. Vernon Jones, was charged with armed robbery in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64. Defendant pled not guilty at his arraignment. On March 24, 2005, defendant withdrew his not guilty plea and pled guilty as charged under the provisions of North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). In accordance with the plea agreement, the district court sentenced defendant to 30 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The court ordered that the sentence run concurrently…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. HartshornLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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- State v. MartinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- State v. SolomonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State v. RunnelsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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