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STATE v. MASON

Nos. 2011-KA-1190, 2011-KA-1191.

89 So.3d 405 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin C. MASON. State of Louisiana v. Melvin C. Mason.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 11, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rowley , District Attorney, Walker H. Drake, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, Chalmette, LA, for State/Appellee.

Carol A. Kolinchak , Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Benjamin W. Maxymuk , Pro Hac Vice, Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET).

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

In 1974, Melvin Mason was convicted of two counts of aggravated rape committed when he was under the age of 18 years old. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each count, which life sentences were to run concurrently with each other.1 Following the United States Supreme Court decision in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), Mr. Mason...

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