State v. Rester
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
309 So.2d 321 (1975)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
W. Heyward RESTER.
No. 55361.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 24, 1975.
Lawrence R. Anderson, Jr., Newman, Duggins, Drolla & Gamble, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Woodrow W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., Clayton S. Knight, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
DIXON, Justice.
This is an out-of-time appeal from the defendant's February, 1968 conviction for murder. He was indicted by the Washington Parish Grand Jury in April of 1967 for the murder of Newton Thomas. Jury trial was held…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Gratton Earl Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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