Legal Opinion

State v. Nicholson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 23, 1975No. 55677PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

315 So.2d 639 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Herbert NICHOLSON.

No. 55677.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 23, 1975.

Bernard A. Horton, 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.

BARHAM, Justice.

The Orleans Parish Grand Jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with the aggravated rape of an eleven-year-old girl. After a trial by jury the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to death. Upon his appeal to this Court defendant relies on nine…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. People v. GainerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
  3. United States v. William ReyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. State v. CzachorSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
  5. United States v. Glenn Dale SeawellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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