Legal Opinion
State v. Rideau
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 8, 1964No. 47130PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
Wilbert Rideau’s conviction and sentence to die for the murder of Julia Ferguson, affirmed by this court, 1 having been reversed by the United States Supreme Court 2 because the jury trying him had been drawn from a community exposed repeatedly and in depth through the medium of television to the “spectacle” of Rideau being interviewed in jail the day following the murder — -while flanked by the Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish and two state troopers —during which interview he confessed not only the murder of Julia Ferguson but other crimes as well, 3 and holding “that due…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- State Ex Rel. Gannon Etc. v. Porter Cir. Ct.Indiana Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. ShafferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. RichmondSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. Shreveport News Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. RideauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
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