Legal Opinion
State v. Gardette
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 14, 1977No. 59912PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
352 So.2d 212 (1977)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Clarence GARDETTE.
No. 59912.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 14, 1977.
Lyall G. Shiell, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William L. Brockman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
SANDERS, Chief Justice.
A grand jury indicted the defendant, Clarence Gardette, with aggravated rape, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:42. A unanimous jury returned a guilty verdict. The court imposed the death penalty. However, after the United States Supreme Court…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. MarksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. CarlisleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. BlantonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Sparks v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Selman v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. BradySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. VanderhoffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. RichardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. SandersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State v. AmatoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
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