Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 6, 1981No. 80-K-1688PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
396 So.2d 1272 (1981)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Rickie J. JONES.
No. 80-K-1688.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 6, 1981.
Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns and David Plavnicky, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.[*]
The principal issue in this case is whether the trial judge erred in ordering separate trials of offenses when the prosecution moved for severance merely to defeat defendant's request for a jury trial and failed to show how it…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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