Legal Opinion

State v. Straughter

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 18, 1981No. 81-KA-0125PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

406 So.2d 221 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Calvin STRAUGHTER.

No. 81-KA-0125.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 18, 1981.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Patrick C. Leitz, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Philip O'Neill, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.[*]

Defendant, Calvin Straughter, was convicted of attempted second degree murder and sentenced to 35 years at hard labor. On appeal, he urges 10 assignments of error relating to his conviction and sentence. We find no merit to any of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. VaughnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  5. State v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. HammondsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. State v. CunninghamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  5. State v. BrooksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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