Legal Opinion

State v. Sears

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1974No. 54574PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

298 So.2d 814 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Dennis SEARS.

No. 54574.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 1, 1974.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.

James J. Gleason, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

The defendant was tried under an indictment charging him with murder. R.S. 14:30. He was convicted after a trial by jury and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals.[1]

On February 3, 1971 four young men were…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. Roger Maguire v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  4. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  5. State v. GladdenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  3. State v. GloverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  4. State v. LangleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  5. State v. McZornSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975

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