Legal Opinion

State v. Ford

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 5, 1979No. 62998PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

368 So.2d 1074 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Jessie FORD.

No. 62998.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.

Elizabeth W. Cole, 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., Robert T. Myers, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

CALOGERO, Justice.[*]

Defendant Jessie Ford was charged by information with aggravated battery, R.S. 14:34. After trial by jury he was found guilty as charged. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor, the maximum term under…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. Morris v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  4. State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  5. State v. JamesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. SparrowLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
  4. State v. ToomerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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