STATE v. PLATT

NO. 2020-KA-0386.

318 So.3d 430 (2021)

STATE of Louisiana v. Percy PLATT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holli Herrle-Castillo , LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, P. O. Box 2333, Marrero, LA 70073-2333, COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT/DEFENDANT.

Jason Rogers Williams , District Attorney, David B. LeBlanc , Assistant District Attorney, G. Benjamin Cohen , Chief of Appeals, ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 619 S. White Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/STATE OF LOUISIANA.

(Court composed of Judge Rosemary Ledet, Judge Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, Judge Regina Bartholomew-Woods).


In this criminal appeal, Defendant is seeking reversal of his convictions and sentences because, while he was a fugitive from Louisiana jurisdiction and later serving a sentence for other crimes in another state, his trial transcripts were lost when the criminal courthouse flooded during Hurricane Katrina.

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