Court Opinion

ID: 9658418
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:59:06.925941+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:54.891772
License: Public Domain

JONES, J.,
dissents with reasons.
hThe majority’s opinion, to me, finds a clear violation of the defendant’s due process rights, but that the court is not empowered to act because the error results from “ineffective assistance of counsel.”
There is no competent evidence in the record to form the basis of the conviction. Rather the majority only cites hearsay evidence to support its conclusion that the conviction must be affirmed. The basic tenets of the United States and the Louisiana constitutions are that such clear violations of criminal procedure resulting in a four year conviction and sentence is unfair in an ordered society. For these reasons, I respectfully dissent.