Legal Opinion
State v. Turner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 14, 1977No. 59654PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Chief Justice.
The District Attorney for Orleans Parish charged defendant, Leonard Turner, with possession of heroin, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966. After a mistrial, a new trial, and a series of continuances, the defendant was tried and found guilty. The court subsequently found him to be a multiple offender and sentenced him to ten-years’ imprisonment in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections. On appeal to this Court, defendant relies upon three assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence.
Defendant’s assignments of error are procedural in…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Aretha L. Simmons v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1992