Legal Opinion
State v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 4, 1970No. 50162PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Appellant was tried by jury for armed robbery, found guilty as charged and sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Pie has appealed relying on twelve of sixteen bills of exceptions 1 reserved by counsel for a reversal of his conviction.
The facts are these: On the night of November 8, 1968 Floyd Craig, a bus operator for the Shreveport Transit Company, was ordered to stop by two young Negroes with handkerchiefs over their faces. One of the men was armed with a 12 gauge sawed-off shotgun. Craig handed the money box over to the men and also the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- State v. HudsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. GrovesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
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