Legal Opinion

State v. Pollard

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided August 29, 1991No. 88-KA-1283PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Defendant Samuel Pollard was convicted of armed robbery (R.S. 14:64) and attempted second degree murder (R.S. 14:27 and 14:30.1) and was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years at hard labor and fifty years at hard labor, respectively, sentences to run consecutively. Defendant moved for a new trial which was denied.

On the evening of July 22, 1986, defendant and Eric Boudreaux were in the Glass House Lounge when defendant asked Bou-dreaux to join him outside to talk about Janice Celestine, the defendant’s girlfriend and Boudreaux’s friend. Boudreaux joined defendant and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cage v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. State v. DobsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
  4. State v. PaytonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. State v. PaytonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. SaloneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  2. State v. PollardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991

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