Legal Opinion

State v. Weiland

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 6, 1987No. 86-KA-1726PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

505 So.2d 702 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Glen WEILAND.

No. 86-KA-1726.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 6, 1987.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1987.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., John Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Eric Honig, William Credo, Dorothy Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Philip O'Neill, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.

In this capital case, counsel for defendant, Glen Weiland, argues seventy-one trial errors. The serious issues are:(1) Whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow certain mitigating evidence, in particular, the last words of…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. State v. NealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  3. State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  4. State v. CastleberrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  5. State v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008

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