Legal Opinion
State v. Whitaker
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1986No. KA 85-1274PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
489 So.2d 998 (1986)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Robert L. WHITAKER, Jr.
No. KA 85-1274.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
May 28, 1986.
Bryan Bush, Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, by Ernest Smithling, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Brady Jones, APD, Public Defenders' Office, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and CRAIN, JJ.
CRAIN, Judge.
Robert Whitaker was charged by indictment with the second degree murder of Joseph Douglas. He pled not guilty, elected trial by jury, and was found guilty as charged. He received the mandatory sentence of…
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