Legal Opinion

State v. Berry

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 8, 1975No. 56734PublishedCited by 93 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

324 So.2d 822 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Stephen BERRY, Appellant.

No. 56734.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1976.

James J. Gleason, III, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Berry was convicted of the April, 1973 murder of Jo Ellen Smith, La.R.S. 14:30 (1950), and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor.

On his appeal, he presents…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Namet v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by93 opinions

  1. State v. WilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  2. State v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  3. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. BrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. State v. TartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996

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