Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 12, 1968No. 48931PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Appellant, Earl Williams, Jr., a Negro, was indicted and convicted of rape in the District Court of Iberville Parish and sentenced to death.
The facts giving rise to this prosecution may be briefly stated as .follows: While her husband was away at work in-New Orleans on the night of January 18, 1964, the prosecutrix was alone with her four small children — ranging in ages from eleven months to four years — in her home in the town of Plaquemine in Iberville Parish. After viewing television with their mother until about nine o’clock, the three older children were put to bed.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bartholomey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- State v. JeffersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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