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Case history; Prior: Certiorari to the 19th Judicial District Court of Louisiana, appeal dismissed, 543 So. 2d 487 (La. 1989); cert. granted, 498 U.S. 38 (1990). Subsequent: On remand, State v. Perry, 610 So. 2d 746 (La. 1992). Holding; The forcible medication of individuals to render them competent to be executed is impermissible. Court ...
McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to decide that the objective of his defense is to maintain innocence at all costs, even when counsel believes that admitting guilt offers the defendant the best chance to avoid the death penalty.
A two- or three-level offense level reduction is usually available for those who accept responsibility by not holding the prosecution to the burden of proving its case; this usually amounts to a complete sentence reduction had they gone to trial and lost. [31] The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provide for two main types of plea agreements ...
May 2—LIMA — A Lima man who served 27 years of a 40-year prison sentence before gaining a judicial release in March of last year avoided a trip back behind bars on Thursday. Lashone Ward, 53 ...
In a split decision, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 65-year prison sentence given to a woman who stole items from nursing home residents.
The Justice Department hast sued the state of Louisiana for unlawfully imprisoning thousands of people for weeks after their sentences concluded.
Duncan was arrested and ultimately charged with simple battery. As it was punishable by no more than two years, simple battery is a misdemeanor under Louisiana law and so he was not subject to trial by jury. Duncan was convicted and received a 60-day prison sentence and a fine of $150. He appealed on the grounds that the state had violated the ...
A New York man was sentenced to 46 months in prison in Cincinnati's U.S. District Court Tuesday for possessing an unregistered incendiary device, which he used to light a woman's car on fire in ...