# State of Louisiana v. Jamal D. Horton

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · July 24, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11107180

## Case

- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** July 24, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Jenkins
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA * NO. 2024-KA-0458

VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL

JAMAL D. HORTON, ET AL * FOURTH CIRCUIT

* STATE OF LOUISIANA

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SCJ JENKINS, J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART

I concur with the majority opinion to affirm defendants’ convictions for

second degree murder and to vacate the sentences to remand for resentencing.

However, with reference to Defendant Meyers, I dissent from the majority’s

finding that Defendant Meyers’ claim of ineffective assistance lacked merit.

An ineffective assistance of counsel claim is properly raised in an

application for post-conviction relief in the district court where a full evidentiary

hearing on the matter may be conducted. See State v. Brown, 2016-0965, p. 17

(La. App. 4 Cir. 5/3/17), 219 So.3d 518, 531. Although the majority notes an

appellate court may consider an ineffective assistance of counsel claim if the

record contains sufficient information to decide the claim, here, I find the present

record is deficient to determine whether trial counsel’s representation prejudiced

Defendant Meyers. Accordingly, I would defer the merits of Defendant Meyers’

ineffective assistance of counsel claim for consideration as an application for post-

conviction relief.

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