Legal Opinion

State v. Hopkins

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 27, 1993No. 25,233-KAPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

626 So.2d 820 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

James HOPKINS, Appellant.

No. 25,233-KA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 27, 1993.

Raymond L. Cannon, Tallulah, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James Caldwell, Dist. Atty., George F. Fox, Jr. Asst. Dist. Atty., Tallulah, for appellee.

Before LINDSAY, HIGHTOWER and VICTORY, JJ.

HIGHTOWER, Judge.

A jury found James Hopkins guilty as charged of second degree murder, LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Thereafter, the trial court imposed the requisite sentence of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  3. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. State v. CombsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  2. State v. CrawfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  3. State v. EllisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  4. State v. BakerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  5. State v. TatumLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995

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