Legal Opinion
State v. Ridgley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 13, 2009No. 08-KA-675PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.
|2In this criminal proceeding the defendant/appellant Brian Ridgley timely appeals his two armed robbery convictions and his 25-year concurrent sentences. He assigns as errors the trial judge’s failure to conduct a Prieur 1 hearing; the erroneous admission of other crimes evidence; the trial judge’s failure to declare a mistrial; and, the excessiveness of his sentences. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions and sentences.
Procedural History
Mr. Ridgley was charged by Bill of Information with two counts of armed robbery, in violation of La.R.S.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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3Cited by23 opinions
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