Legal Opinion
State v. Nelson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 2011No. 10-KA-760PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.
pon May 9, 2007, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Carolyn Nelson, with possession of cocaine (Count 1) and possession of alprazolam (Count 2) in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 C and R.S. 40:969 C, respectively. 1 Defendant was arraigned on May 10, 2007, and pled not guilty. On June 20, 2008, defendant withdrew her not guilty plea and pled guilty as charged. The trial judge sentenced defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for five years to run concurrently with the sentences in case numbers 06-5709, 07-996, and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State Ex Rel. Melinie v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
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3Cited by4 opinions
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