Legal Opinion
State v. Carter
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 17, 1966No. 47514PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
Joshua Carter and Lawrence Baptiste prosecute this appeal from their conviction of a charge by indictment returned by the Orleans Parish grand jury on December 12, 1961, of the aggravated rape1 of Mrs. Myrtle Sandifur, as well as from their death sentences thereunder, relying for the reversal thereof on numerous errors allegedly committed during the course of their trial, to which objections were timely made and perfected in Bills of Exceptions.
The record reveals Mrs. Sandifur, a married woman of the 1 Caucasian race-about 43 years of age, left her home on. Soniat…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- State v. HoneycuttSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Weber v. McMillanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- State v. PayneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
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