Legal Opinion
State v. Dressner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 6, 2010No. 2008-KA-1366PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Justice.*
11 On August 1, 2002, a Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted defendant, Dustin Dressner, (also known as “Shorty”1), with the June 6, 2002, first-degree murder of Paul Fasullo, a violation of La.Rev.Stat. § 14:30. During his arraignment on August 2, 2002, defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Defendant’s jury trial commenced on May 20, 2004.2 During trial on the merits, the State presented testimony from eleven witnesses before resting its case-in-chief. Thereafter, the defense called two guilt phase witnesses3 and then rested, concluding the presentation of evidence on May…
2Cases cited114 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
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- Daigle v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
- State of Louisiana v. Robert Leroy McCoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2016
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