State of Louisiana v. Jeffrey Clark

Summary

The court again affirmed Clark’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence after reconsidering the case on remand in light of the governing rule that counsel may not concede a defendant’s guilt over the defendant’s express and intransigent objection to maintaining innocence. The court found that Clark’s counsel had not planned to concede guilt, that Clark was not forced to choose between autonomy and representation, and that his extensive waiver colloquy was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. No separate opinions were filed.