Legal Opinion

State v. Baker

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 29, 1973No. 53711PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

288 So.2d 52 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Charles BAKER and Wilbert Michael Dorsey.

No. 53711.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 29, 1973.

John C. Ciolino, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

After the grand jury of Orleans Parish indicted Charles Baker, Wilbert Dorsey and Morris Jones for murder, they were tried, found guilty as charged and sentenced to death. The crime was murder in the…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. DrewSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. Teague v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  4. State v. HarveySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. State v. HatchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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