Legal Opinion

State v. Summit

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 14, 1984No. 83-KA-2423PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

454 So.2d 1100 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Wilby Frank SUMMIT.

No. 83-KA-2423.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 1984.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1984.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Charles Brandt, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Alfred F. Boustany, II, James Michael Wooderson, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

This is a death penalty case. La.C.Cr.P. Art. 905.9 provides defendant with an automatic appeal to this court. The principal issues on appeal involve the sufficiency of the evidence…

Also in this document: Per curiam.

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  3. State v. JuniorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
  4. State v. HamptonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  5. State v. KleypasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001

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