Legal Opinion

State v. Batiste

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 1, 1982No. 81-KA-1071PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

410 So.2d 1055 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Roosevelt BATISTE.

No. 81-KA-1071.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry J. Morel, Jr., Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, John M. Crum, Jr., Kurt Sins, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert R. Faucheux, Jr., Reserve, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.[*]

Defendant, Roosevelt Batiste, was charged with the second degree murder of Reginald Holmes and convicted of manslaughter by a 10 to 2 jury verdict. LSA-R.S. 14:31. Defendant received a sentence of ten years…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  4. People v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Palmer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  2. State v. JackLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
  3. State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. FrancisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. State v. MoodyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991

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