STATE v. CELESTINE

KA 19-43.

305 So.3d 980 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana v. Will Antonio CELESTINE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Foster DeRosier , District Attorney, Karen C. McLellan , Assistant District Attorney, Fourteenth Judicial District, P. O. Box 3206, Lake Charles, LA 70602-3206, (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: State of Louisiana.

Mary Constance Hanes , P.O. Box 4015, New Orleans, LA 70178, (504) 866-6652, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Will Antonio Celestine.

Jeffrey M. Landry , Attorney General, J. Taylor Gray , Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 94005, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, (225) 326-6200, COUNSEL FOR OTHER APPELLEE: Attorney General of the State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Billy Howard Ezell, and John E. Conery, Judges.


On January 8, 2018, Defendant, Will Antonio Celestine, was adjudicated a fourth felony offender for the offense of attempted illegal use of a weapon and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, Defendant alleged trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance at sentencing...

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