State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
368 So.2d 961 (1978)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Leonard BROWN.
No. 61810.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 14, 1978.
On Rehearing March 5, 1979.
John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Maurine A. Carroll, William L. Brockman, Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
2Per curiam
Affirmed.
TATE and DIXON, JJ., dissent. A defendant should not be required to wear a prison jumpsuit at his trial, however attractive, when he objects and desires to…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
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