Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 29, 1982No. 81-KA-2227PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
423 So.2d 1130 (1982)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Willie WATSON, Jr.
No. 81-KA-2227.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 29, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Morel, Jr., Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Kurt Sins, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
Ralph R. Miller, Norco, John L. Diasselliss, III, Gross, Diasselliss & Tillman, LaPlace, for defendant-appellant.
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. Although we affirm the conviction, we must reverse the death sentence and remand for a new sentencing…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Roberts v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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4Cited by42 opinions
- State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- State v. KnightonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
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