Legal Opinion

State v. Benoit

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 17, 1983No. 82-KA-1114PublishedCited by 170 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

440 So.2d 129 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Ramus J. BENOIT, Jr.

No. 82-KA-1114.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 17, 1983.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1983.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard Knapp, Dist. Atty., Larry Regan, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

D. Michael Mooney, Lake Charles, C. Thomas Tolbert, Sulphur, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Ramus J. Benoit, Jr. was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant has appealed, arguing four of eight assignments of error.

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. State v. HaaralaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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3Cited by170 opinions

  1. State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  3. State v. BlankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  4. State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  5. State v. HuntSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009

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