Legal Opinion

State v. Potter

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 2, 1991No. 91-K-0996PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

591 So.2d 1166 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Vinson G. POTTER.

No. 91-K-0996.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 2, 1991.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Pamela S. Moran, Asst. Dist. Atty., for applicant.

Raymond A. McGuire, New Orleans, for respondent.

COLE, Justice.

The sole issue for our consideration is whether a criminal defendant tried fifteen days prior to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), is entitled to a hearing to determine whether the prosecution improperly…

Also in this document: Dissent · Dennis; Dissent · Lemmon.

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  2. State v. WessingerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  3. State v. OdenbaughSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
  4. State v. TilleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005

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