Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 3, 2000No. 1999-KO-3462PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
774 So.2d 79 (2000)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Eddie JOHNSON.
No. 1999-KO-3462.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 3, 2000.
2Per curiam
GRANTED. The judgment of the appellate court is vacated, the defendant's convictions and sentences are vacated, and this case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings in accord with the law.
It appears that after the Fourth Circuit reversed the defendant's first set of convictions because a reasonable probability existed that the state called the co-defendant to the stand solely for purposes of impeaching him with a videotaped statement which was otherwise…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Lee v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. William Harry BrinkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- State v. CousinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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4Cited by15 opinions
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