Legal Opinion

State v. Sawyer

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 19, 1977No. 59336PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

350 So.2d 611 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Curtis SAWYER.

No. 59336.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 19, 1977.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1977.

Antonio E. Papale, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Orleans Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Curtis Sawyer, for second degree murder. The jury returned a responsive verdict of manslaughter. The State charged defendant as an habitual offender under…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  2. State v. FrezalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. GilesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  4. State v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
  5. State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Clark v. MarulloSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  2. State v. TonubbeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. WillisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
  4. State v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  5. State v. KellySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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