Legal Opinion

State v. Abney

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 20, 1977No. 59158PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

347 So.2d 498 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Leon ABNEY, Jr., Appellant.

No. 59158.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 20, 1977.

Bobby L. Culpepper, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ragan D. Madden, Dist. Atty., O. L. Waltman, E. J. Bleich, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Abney was convicted of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31(1) (1973), and sentenced to eight years imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals his conviction, relying upon sixteen assignments of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. State v. GovernorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. State v. WalkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. State v. MarshallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
  3. State v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  4. State v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. MarchandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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