Legal Opinion
Turner v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1965No. 53PublishedCited by 1,007 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The petitioner, Wayne Turner, was indicted in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, upon a charge of murder committed during the course of a robbery. After a three-day trial a jury found him guilty as charged. . He was sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana,1 and we granted certiorari2 to consider the claim that the circumstances attending *467the trial were such as to deprive Turner of a right secured to him by the Fourteenth Amendment.
The two principal witnesses for the prosecution at the trial were Vincent Rispone and Hulon Simmons. Both were deputy sheriffs…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by1,007 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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