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STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Leroy MCCOY

Louisiana Supreme Court2018-08-31No. NO. 2014-KA-1449
251 So. 3d 399

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PER CURIAM.

In McCoy v. Louisiana , --- U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 1500, 1512, 200 L.Ed.2d 821 (2018), the United States Supreme Court found that counsels admission of defendant McCoys guilt over defendants clearly-stated and persistent objection was a structural error that is incompatible with the Sixth Amendment thereby mandating a new trial. In light of that ruling, we vacate defendants convictions and sentences, and we remand to the district court for further proceedings consistent with McCoy v. Louisiana .

REVERSED AND REMANDED