Legal Opinion

State v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 27, 1983No. 82-KA-0631PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

434 So.2d 395 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Frank D. EDWARDS.

No. 82-KA-0631.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 27, 1983.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Robert W. Gillespie, Jr., William Giddens, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard C. Goorley, Jeanette G. Garrett, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant Frank Edwards was charged with first degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30, for the stabbing death of Claude Moore. He was subsequently convicted by a twelve-member jury of manslaughter, a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. State v. LudwigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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3Cited by77 opinions

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  5. State v. HelsleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984

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