State v. Knighton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
436 So.2d 1141 (1983)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Earnest KNIGHTON, Jr.
No. 82-KA-0097.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 23, 1983.
Rehearing Denied September 16, 1983.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bobby Stromile, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
S. Patrick Phillips, Bossier City, Indigent Defender Bd., Ford Stinson, Jr., Benton, for defendant-appellant.
CALOGERO, Justice.
On April 15, 1981, the grand jury of Bossier Parish returned a true bill, indicting defendant Earnest Knighton, Jr., for first degree murder in violation of…
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