Legal Opinion
State v. Richardson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 25, 2018No. 2016 KA 0440PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCrain, J.
The defendant, Lionel Richardson, was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. He appeals, raising a single assignment of error that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial. We affirm.
FACTS
On August 18, 2007, the defendant and two other men went to the home of Byron Williams to rob him. After Williams invited them inside, the three men attacked and beat him, bound his hands and feet with zip-ties, placed his body under a bed, then started a fire, leaving Williams to die in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. BranchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
- State v. BirdsongLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- State v. DucreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- State v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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