Legal Opinion

State v. Loyd

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 15, 1986No. 83-KA-2326PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

489 So.2d 898 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Alvin Scott LOYD

No. 83-KA-2326.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 31, 1986.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1986.

Stay of Execution Granted August 15, 1986.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Crum, Jr., Dist. Atty., Thomas Daley, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gordon Hackman, Randy Lewis, William T. Allison, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Alvin Scott Loyd was indicted for first degree murder, R.S. 14:30, by a St. John the Baptist Parish Grand Jury. After a bifurcated trial, the jury unanimously…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  2. State v. WilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  3. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  4. State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  5. State v. CopelandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988

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