Legal Opinion

State v. Byrd

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 23, 1980No. 66767PublishedCited by 179 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

385 So.2d 248 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Charles BYRD.

No. 66767.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 23, 1980.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Robert Barnard, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

For attempting robbery with a toy pistol defendant was convicted of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to four years at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The issue on appeal is whether…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. People v. FordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  3. State v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. People v. HoffmeisterMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
  5. State v. CraigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976

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3Cited by179 opinions

  1. State v. MussallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  2. State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  3. State v. MoodySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. DunnUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997

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