Legal Opinion

State v. Brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 19, 1987No. 86-KA-1941PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 99 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

John A. BROWN, Jr.

No. 86-KA-1941.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 19, 1987.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1987.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Eric Dubelier, Michael McMahon, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for appellant.

CALOGERO, Justice.

In this appeal from defendant's conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death, the principal issues involve (1) the state's use of court records to establish defendant's prior convictions during…

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2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Pulley v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by84 opinions

  1. State v. BrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. State v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  3. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  4. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  5. State v. EatonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988

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