Legal Opinion
State v. Poland
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 23, 1970No. 49971PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The defendant, John Poland, is appealing from his conviction and sentence to death on an indictment charging him with murder, relying for the reversal thereof on 23 of the many Bills of Exceptions reserved during the course of the trial.
The first of these, Bill^of Exceptions No. 3, was reserved when the trial judge overruled the defense plea of double jeopardy. The basis for this bill lies in the fact that the defendant, who had, on May 6, 1966, pleaded guilty to and been sentenced under the charge of attempting to murder one Joseph Sanchez, was indicted on June 15,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- NielsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by29 opinions
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