Legal Opinion

State v. Bennett

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 16, 1977No. 58536PublishedCited by 161 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

345 So.2d 1129 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

James BENNETT.

No. 58536.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 24, 1977.

On Rehearing May 16, 1977.

R. Scott Ramsey, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Houma, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Knowles M. Tucker, Dist. Atty., Ed Leonard, Walter J. Senette, Jr., Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mark A. Mareau, Louisiana Coalition on Jails and Prisons, R. James Kellogg, American Civil Liberties Union of La., Inc., New Orleans, amicus curiae.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

A St. Mary…

Also in this document: Dissent · Calogero; Dissent · Sanders.

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971

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3Cited by161 opinions

  1. State v. NarcisseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  3. State v. CastleberrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  4. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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