Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 24, 1973No. 53421PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

283 So.2d 476 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Wilbert JONES, Appellant.

No. 53421.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 24, 1973.

Warren J. Hebert, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Sp. Counsel to Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Nathan E. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Jones was convicted of aggravated rape, La.R.S. 14:42, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On his appeal, he relies primarly upon four bills of exceptions. We find merit in two of them and reverse.

Bill of Exceptions…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Robert E. Barnes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  2. State v. HatcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  3. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. Blue v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1968
  5. State v. HopperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. SutfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State of Louisiana v. Jeremy BrownLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013

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