Legal Opinion
State v. Ames
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1966No. 48165PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
On February 7, 1963, a bill of information was filed in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, charging John Edward Ames with armed robbery under R.S. 14:64. On the same day, without counsel and without having been informed of his right to counsel, he was arraigned, pleaded guilty, and, having waived the legal delay for sentencing, was sentenced by the court to IS years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
While he was in the state penitentiary, Ames applied in proper person to the United States District…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. BaldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Commonwealth Townsend v. Burke, Warden.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- People v. DemesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- John Edward Ames v. J. D. Middlebrooks, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967