Louisiana v. Kelly
Annotate this CaseAfter a bench trial, defendant Ashaki Kelly was convicted of molestation of a juvenile and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The Supreme Court granted defendant’s writ application to determine whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support his conviction, and whether the court of appeal erroneously vacated defendant’s sentence as illegally lenient on errors patent review. After review, the Supreme Court affirmed that portion of the court of appeal’s ruling which upheld defendant’s conviction. However, the Court found that the court of appeal failed to conduct a proper errors patent review and erred in vacating defendant’s sentence.
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