Legal Opinion

State v. Landry

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 1, 1972No. 51417PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DIXON, Justice.

The defendant, George Landry, appeals his conviction and sentence for the March 13, 1969 murder of Emile Gerald Green in Baton Rouge. The defendant was sentenced to death.

During the trial, several bills of exceptions were reserved. They will be discussed in the order in which they were briefed.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved when the trial judge excused three prospective jurors for cause on the voir dire when each of them stated that he could not under any circumstances impose the death-penalty on the defendant. The defense at that time did not object. Two additional…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  3. State v. StokesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  4. State v. SercovichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  5. State v. MaidenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  2. State v. MaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. ProcellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. State v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  5. State v. MottonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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