Legal Opinion
State v. Payne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 6, 1976No. 58045PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
338 So.2d 682 (1976)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Mervin PAYNE.
No. 58045.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 6, 1976.
Rehearing Denied November 5, 1976.
Vincent Wilkins, Jr., Appellate Counsel, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Mervin Payne was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of his wife, Betty Ruth Payne, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. After selection of the jury at his trial, held in January 1970, defendant…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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