Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Eames v. Amiss

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 14, 1974No. 54142PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

288 So.2d 316 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Ramond EAMES

v.

J. AI AMISS, Sheriff.

No. 54142.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1974.

Robert C. Williams, Williams & Eames, Etta Kay Hearn, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., for defendant-respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs on relator's application in order to consider the merit of relator's contention that the State's failure to arraign him on charges of murder and afford him a trial on those charges in the twenty-four months that have…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. AlfredSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. Antonio James v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  3. State v. TrahanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
  4. State v. GuilloryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
  5. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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