Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 7, 1966No. 47938PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Cleveland Johnson and Morris Johnson were tried together on charges that they murdered Goalda Brookman. They were convicted and sentenced to death. On this, appeal we find that a fair trial was had and that no error occurred which prejudiced the defendants or which would warrant setting aside their convictions and sentences.
At noon on January 17, 1964, the Legier Realty Company at 3808 North Prieur Street in New Orleans was robbed. A worn- • an receptionist, Goalda Brookman, was fatally shot by one of the three robbers, all Negroes. The robber-killers then fled the scene in a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by109 opinions
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