Legal Opinion

State v. Lane

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 25, 1974No. 54160PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

292 So.2d 711 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Harold Joe LANE.

No. 54160.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 25, 1974.

Merwin M. Brandon, Jr., Bastrop, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Joe Rolfe White, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

A bill of indictment charged that appellant Harold Joe Lane murdered Billy Bray on or about December 26, 1972. After a jury trial he was convicted of manslaughter on June 26, 1973 and sentenced on July 31, 1973 to serve fifteen years in the custody of the…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  4. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  5. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  3. State v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. DaviesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986

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