Legal Opinion
State v. Sam
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1974No. 55063PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
304 So.2d 659 (1974)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Oscar SAM, Jr.
No. 55063.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
December 2, 1974.
Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Airhart & Copenhaver, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
SUMMERS, Justice.
This defendant was first prosecuted on an indictment returned by the grand jury of East Baton Rouge Parish, charging that he murdered Elma Ivy James on July 3, 1971. After conviction of the lesser crime of manslaughter, he appealed to this…
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