Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 24, 1986No. 85-K-1302PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

483 So.2d 999 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

John Henry WILLIAMS, Jr.

No. 85-K-1302.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1986.

J. Michael McDonald, Jack M. Dampf, D'Amico, Curet & Dampf, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr. Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., George Ware, Jr. Dist. Atty., Carl Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

John Henry Williams, Jr. was tried for second degree murder of Garfield Branch, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor (including two years for using a gun in the…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. GantLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
  2. State v. SartainLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
  3. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  4. State v. AddisonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. State v. GibsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988

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