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State v. Sylvester

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 22, 1981No. 80-KA-2942PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

400 So.2d 640 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Alvin SYLVESTER, Jr.

No. 80-KA-2942.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 22, 1981.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard Knapp, Dist. Atty., Evelyn Oubre, Charles Richard, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Phillip S. St. Romain, Jack Rogers, Harold Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

MARCUS, Justice.

Alvin Sylvester, Jr. was indicted by the grand jury for two counts of first degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. After trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged on both counts. A…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. State v. McIntyreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

3Cited by44 opinions

  1. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  3. State v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Robert Wayne Williams v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden and the Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. State v. ComeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987

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