Legal Opinion

State v. Sterling

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 1, 1979No. 64221PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

377 So.2d 58 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Leroy STERLING.

No. 64221.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 1, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1979.

George H. Ware, Jr., Clinton, Michael Hughes, St. Francisville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Patrick G. Quinlan, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

The Grand Jury of West Feliciana Parish indicted Leroy Sterling for the September 7, 1968 murder of Taylor J. Labry, Jr., a violation of Article 30 of the Criminal Code. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Klingler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Duckworth v. EaganSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. State v. BodleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. State v. SpellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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