STATE v. GOBERT

No. KH02-771.

865 So.2d 779 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Steven D. GOBERT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Richard Bryant, Jr., District Attorney, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for State/Respondent.

Mathew D. Henrich, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Applicant.

Court composed of BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


WOODARD, Judge.

We must consider whether the Defendant, Steven D. Gobert, who entered a plea of guilty to criminal charges of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter, may assert a double jeopardy violation when he knowingly and intelligently entered a plea that raised double jeopardy concerns. We deny the Defendant's writ.

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The trial court convicted Mr. Gobert on May 18, 1994 for committing a second degree murder and, later, sentenced him to...

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