KA-0015-0286 Nonprecedential Vacated Processed

State of Louisiana v. Chadwick McGhee

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit · Filed November 4, 2015

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., April 10, 2019; La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., January 30, 2019; La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., October 4, 2017

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

15-286

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

CHADWICK MCGHEE

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APPEAL FROM THE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF AVOYELLES, NO. 181216
HONORABLE WILLIAM J. BENNETT, DISTRICT JUDGE

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SHANNON J. GREMILLION
JUDGE

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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

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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

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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.

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