STATE v. LINGLE

NO. 2021-K-0178.

366 So.3d 79 (2021)

STATE of Louisiana v. Scott LINGLE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason R. Williams , District Attorney, Emily Maw , Assistant District Attorney, Bidish Sarma , Assistant District Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Parish of Orleans, 619 South White Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119, COUNSEL FOR STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Kristen A. Rome , Louisiana Center for Children's Rights, 1100-B Milton Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122, COUNSEL FOR SCOTT LINGLE.

(Court composed of Judge Terri F. Love, Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano, Judge Regina Bartholomew-Woods).


Judge Terri F. Love

The State seeks review of the trial court's April 1, 2021 ruling, which found the court could still sentence Mr. Lingle to life without parole despite the State's request to withdraw its notice to seek a parole-ineligible life sentence filed pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art. 878.1(B).

Procedural History

Mr. Lingle, fifteen years old at the time of the crime, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to...

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