Legal Opinion
State v. Devenow
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 24, 1969No. 49301PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
William Arthur Devenow was charged in a bill of information with the crime of forgery. He was tried by a five-man jury, which rendered a verdict of guilty, and was sentenced to serve seven years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He is appealing from his conviction and sentence.
In the proceedings in the district court the defendant reserved and perfected thirty-five bills of exceptions. Because many concern similar alleged errors of law, the accused, in arguing to this court, has grouped them in what he terms SPECIFICATIONS OF ERROR. In this opinion we shall discuss the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- State v. MelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- State v. MannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- State v. McIlvaineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. TennantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
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- State v. SterlingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- State v. HubbardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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