Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 28, 1998No. 96-KA-1023PublishedCited by 121 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

708 So.2d 703 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Jimmy WILLIAMS.

No. 96-KA-1023.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 21, 1998.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1998.

As Revised May 28, 1998.

Marilyn Michele Fournet, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Douglas P. Moreau, District Attorney, John W. Sinquefiled, Gwendolyn K. Brown, John A. Cannon, Kenner, for Respondent.

KIMBALL, Justice.[*]

On July 13, 1994, an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Jimmy Ray Williams for the first degree murder of Gordon Lawless in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. After a trial by jury, the defendant…

2Cases cited90 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by121 opinions

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