Legal Opinion
State v. Hypolite
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 14, 2014No. 13-1365PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREMILLION, Judge.
11 Defendant, Alcide Hypolite, was accused of raping his ten-year-old granddaughter, T. J., while she was spending the night at his home.1 He was charged by grand jury indictment with one count of aggravated rape, a violation of La.R.S. 14:42. After a trial by jury, Defendant was found guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Defendant is now before this court alleging several attorney-filed and pro se assignments of error. For the following reasons, Defendant’s…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- State of Louisiana v. Antonio Merquis HarrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
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