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Harold Alvin Campbell v. Louisiana

IFP petition · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, No. 23-614 · judgment April 17, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

QUESTIONS ) FOR REVIEW 1. WHETHER THE LOUISIANA STATE MURDER STATUTES WHICH INCORP­ ORATES ” NO INTENT TO KILL ", LSA-RS 14:30.1(2), 14:31(2), ARE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY A DISTINCTION IN PUNISHMENT, WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE IN BEHAVIOR,IN COMPARISON TO LSA-RS 14:32(1), AS SUCH, IS CONTRARY TO AND IN VIOLATION OF THE 5TH,:8TH, AND THE 14TH AMENDMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ? 2.. WHETHER THE LOUISIANA COURTS JURY INSTRUCTIONS TO JURORS, RELEVANT TO THEIR CHOICE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER STATUTE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INCORPORATES, PART IN PART, BOTH THE ( " SPECIFIC INTENT TO KILL " AND " NO INTENT TO KILL " ), AMBIGUIOUSLY FUNCTIONS AS AN INTERPOSITION AND NULLIFICATION OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS RELEVANT TO JURORS CHOICE TO THE LOUIS­ IANA NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE STATUTE,AND THE CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE DEFENSE OF DEFENDENTS,AS SUCH, IS CONTRARY TO,AND IN VIOLA­ TION OF,THE 5TH, 8TH, AND THE 14TH AMENDMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Harold Alvin Campbell

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Oct 28 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 21 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  6. Jun 26 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2025)