Legal Opinion
State v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 8, 1970No. 50285PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
This is a prosecution for aggravated rape. On the night of July 23, 1967 at approximately 10 p. m., the victim was parked in an automobile with her male companion at the end of Modesta Street in Baton Rouge in the vicinity of Forest Heights Subdivision. A short while after they had parked the car, the victim was attacked by two Negroes, Clarence Douglas and Robert Jackson, who approached the car from opposite sides. Jackson reached through the window on the victim’s side of the car and put a knife to her throat. As he did so, her companion, who was occupying the driver’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- State v. HallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- State v. BourgSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
- State v. AllemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. RuskCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- State v. IngramLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
- State v. MurraySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State v. StevensLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
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