Legal Opinion

State v. Reese

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 16, 1967No. 48328PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

Dorthy Mae Reese, having been tried,, convicted, and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary at hard labor under a Bill of Information charging her with manslaughter 1 for the death of Patricia Ann Blades, resulting from an abortion, has appealed, relying for the reversal thereof on certain errors allegedly committed during the course of the trial to which timely obj ections were made and Bills of Exceptions reserved and perfected. 2

The first two bills were reserved when the trial judge refused to excuse for cause two prospective jurors, Albert J. Anderson and Dr.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hoyt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. State v. DowdySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  3. State v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  4. State v. BreedloveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  5. State v. PailetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. State v. ShafferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. State v. RichmondSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  4. State v. ResterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. Commonwealth v. ColonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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