Legal Opinion
State v. Dison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 6, 1981No. 80-KA-2191PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
396 So.2d 1254 (1981)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Roosevelt DISON.
No. 80-KA-2191.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 6, 1981.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., S. Michael Henry, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Charles R. Whitehead, Jr., Whitehead & McCoy, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.
DIXON, Chief Justice.
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The charge arose out of the "contract killing" of Charles Rollo in Natchitoches Parish. Although circumstantial evidence was adduced…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. VernonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. DaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
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3Cited by42 opinions
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