STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS CHADWICK MCGHEE
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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 15-286 STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS CHADWICK MCGHEE ********** APPEAL FROM THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NO. 181216 HONORABLE WILLIAM J. BENNETT, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** SHANNON J. GREMILLION JUDGE ********** Court composed of James T. Genovese, Shannon J. Gremillion, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges. SENTENCE VACATED. Charles A. Riddle, III District Attorney, Twelfth Judicial District Court Michael F. Kelly Assistant District Attorney P. O. Box 1200 Marksville, LA 71351 (318) 253-5815 COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: State of Louisiana Paula C. Marx Louisiana Appellate Project P. O. Box 80006 Lafayette, LA 70598-0006 (337) 991-9757 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT: Chadwick McGhee Chadwick McGhee Louisiana State Penitentiary Main Prison - Walnut 4 Angola, LA 70712 PRO SE GREMILLION, Judge. On July 9, 2014, Defendant, Chadwick McGhee, was found guilty of simple kidnapping, in violation of La.R.S. 14:45. On October 14, 2014, Defendant was adjudicated a third-felony offender.1 On November 12, 2014, Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. In docket number 15-285, the simple kidnapping conviction which led to Defendant being adjudicated a habitual offender, we vacated Defendant’s conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence. Accordingly, Defendant’s life sentence is vacated. SENTENCE VACATED. 1 We note that the trial court incorrectly stated that Defendant had been convicted of second degree kidnapping, when he was in fact convicted of simple kidnapping. That conviction is the subject of Docket No. 15-285. 1
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