Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 26, 1984No. 84-KA-1115PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

458 So.2d 1301 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

John JOHNSON.

No. 84-KA-1115.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 26, 1984.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Theodore J. Johnson, William Campbell, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dean Yellin, Jefferson, for defendant-appellee.

CALOGERO, Justice.

The state has appealed from a district court judgment holding La.C.Cr.P. art. 493.1 unconstitutional. For the reasons which follow, we find that the court erred in doing so. Accordingly we reverse and remand the case for further…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. OdellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  4. State v. HynesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Philip Landry v. Judge J. Robert Hoepfner and William Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  2. State v. LandryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  3. State v. HornungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. State v. OdellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. BoucheLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986

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