Legal Opinion
California-Western States Life Insurance v. Sanford
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 29, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-3673PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SEAR, District Judge.
On the evening of February 16,1979, on a street in New Orleans, Edward Sanford, Jr. shot and killed his estranged wife, Jennifer, while the couple’s three children watched from the backseat of a car. Sanford then shot himself, but survived the injury. He was arrested and prosecuted for his wife’s murder in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. After stipulating to the shooting, Sanford presented the testimony of a psychiatrist that he was insane during the commission of the crime. The prosecution did not present any witnesses. The…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- State v. RoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
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