Legal Opinion

State v. Pineyro

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 25, 1994No. 93-KA-765PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUFRESNE, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the Second Degree murder of his wife in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Prior to the commencement of his trial he withdrew his former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor.

FACTS

On February 25, 1991, a partially decomposed female body was found wrapped in a blanket in a wooded area near an apartment complex in Marrero, Louisiana. An autopsy performed the following day revealed that the victim…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. RandolphSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. ShermanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
  4. State v. GuidrozLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. StecLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  2. State v. Aguliar-BenitezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  3. State ex rel. T.J.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  4. State v. RobinsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API