Legal Opinion

State v. Wright

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 11, 1967No. 48668PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

Defendants, Ray Lawsen, Elbert Wright, and Ralph Smith prosecute this appeal *514from their conviction and sentence to serve 25 years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary on a bill of information charging them jointly with armed robbery.

All three defendants rely on three alleged errors committed during the course of their trial with Lawsen urging an additional error. A careful study of them convinces us none have any merit with the exception of one to which we will confine our consideration.

In his closing argument the Assistant District Attorney stated in…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. BordeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  2. State v. SercovichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  3. State Ex Rel. Byer v. WillardSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
  4. State v. BentleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  5. State v. SharbinoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. ShilowSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
  2. State v. HallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  3. State v. MarcelloSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. WesleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  5. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967

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