A.G. writing from Louisiana
“My current situation is the highest form of oppression.”
Location
Iberville Parish County, LA
Crime of Conviction
Manslaughter
Year of Conviction
2016
Legal claims
A.G. was pled guilty and received a 30 year and 35 year sentence, to be served concurrently. A.G. was represented by six different public defenders over 6 years, including two who were only on his case for two months. He was told by his lawyers that he had no defense, and that would only need to serve 65% of his sentence if he pled guilty. He subsequently pled guilty and later found out that he would in fact serve 85% of his sentence. He claims that he has continuously written his public defenders about appeals and never received a response.
Procedural issues
A.G. filed a post-conviction motion in February 2018 and was denied in December 2018. He tried to appeal in the 4th Circuit and was told that he needed a copy of his post-conviction file in order to appeal, but the District Court told his family that they have no post-conviction motions on file in his case. He met with a lawyer who told him that he qualifies for Louisiana's Act 104, which allows for individuals to seek post-conviction relief on factual innocence grounds.
Counsel
Not currently represented.