Legal Opinion

State v. Coleman

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 10, 1978No. 60962PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

358 So.2d 289 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Wallace Eugene COLEMAN, Jr., Appellant.

No. 60962.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 10, 1978.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1978.

Wade A. Mouton, Kaplan, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Coleman was convicted of theft, La.R.S. 14:67, and sentenced, as a multiple offender, to twenty years at hard labor, La.R.S. 15:529.1. Upon his appeal, the defendant argues 12 assignments of error.

The most arguable issue…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. SearleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. State v. WomackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. MontoyaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. State Ex Rel. Miller v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  5. State v. McGheeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. HammontreeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. BergeronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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