State v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
530 So.2d 526 (1988)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
James E. COPELAND.
No. 87-KA-0128.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 11, 1988.
Rehearing Denied September 22, 1988.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Duncan S. Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., Gail K. Sheffield, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Curtis Baham, Gideon Carter, III, Hammond, Kenneth Murchism, for defendantappellant.
DIXON, Chief Justice.
James E. Copeland appeals his conviction for first degree murder and his sentence of death.
The Livingston Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant nineteen-year old Copeland and thirty-seven year old George Brooks[1]…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
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- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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