Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 17, 1976No. 57306PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

332 So.2d 466 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Ishmel JONES.

No. 57306.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1976.

Clyde D. Merritt, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

MARCUS, Justice.

Ishmel Jones was indicted by the grand jury for the Parish of Orleans for the crime of aggravated rape. La.R.S. 14:42. After trial by jury on March 13-14, 1972, he was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to death by electrocution on…

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2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. State v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. HegwoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. HatcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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