STATE v. WHITLEY

No. 2014-KA-0816.

156 So.3d 800 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shante WHITLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Scott G. Vincent , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Stephen I. Singer , Supervising Attorney, Loyola Law Clinic , Michael Garrett , Student Practitioner, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Shante Whitley.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS).


Shante Whitley seeks reversal of her sentence and conviction. Whitley was charged with La. R.S. 14:34, aggravated battery. Whitley was found guilty and sentenced to time served. Whitley now challenges the validity of the waiver of the right to a jury trial and the constitutionality of the irrevocability of the waiver...

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