Legal Opinion
State v. George
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 7, 2009No. 09-143PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Judge.
1 .FACTS
On April 12, 2007, retired prosecutor Ralph Lee was sitting in a swing in his back yard in New Iberia, drinking his morning coffee. Around 7:10 a.m., he heard a female voice coming from City Park, located adjacent to the back yard of his home, saying, “stop, you’re killing me, stop, you’re killing me.” Lee stood up, turned around and saw a black male wearing a white t-shirt holding something over his head and forcefully smashing it to the ground. Lee went through a gate from his yard into a short street leading to the park and saw the man again raise something over his…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- State v. MartinezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
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