Legal Opinion
State v. Ragsdale
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 6, 1966No. 48062PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
Defendant, Donald Lee Ragsdale, was charged with armed robbery of H. B. Cannon. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The court sentenced him to a term of ten years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Relying upon eleven Bills of Exception perfected in the trial court, he has appealed to this Court.
These are the background facts: A man, armed with a revolver, entered the grocery store of H. B. Cannon in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, on September 17, 1965, at about 7:30 a. m. At the time, Cannon was the only person in the store. The armed man obtained about…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. HillsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- State v. BickhamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- State v. HoneycuttSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- State v. GloverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. YoughSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- Nathaniel Clifton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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