Legal Opinion

State v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 3, 1973No. 53847PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

287 So.2d 518 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Charles Ray EDWARDS.

No. 53847.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 1973.

John Barkley Knight, Jr., Winnsboro, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Don K. Carroll, Dist. Atty., S. E. Lee, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

On September 3, 1972, Charles Ray Edwards was apprehended and arrested for, and thereafter charged with, aggravated kidnapping. La.R.S. 14:44.[1] By motion prior to trial, the District Attorney elected to proceed with the prosecution under…

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2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  3. State v. BarksdaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  4. State v. ReeseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  5. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. State v. DrewSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  4. State v. MathewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  5. State v. MonkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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