Legal Opinion

State v. Stokes

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 23, 1983No. 82-KA-1050PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

433 So.2d 96 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

James Alton STOKES.

No. 82-KA-1050.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 1983.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1983.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., Alexander Doyle, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles Gary Blaize, Warren Daigle, Indigent Defender Board, Houma, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant James Alton Stokes, was indicted on February 16, 1978 for the crime of first degree murder. On January 19, 1982, the state amended the indictment to charge the defendant with…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. StuckeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. State v. TonubbeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. VessellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. Cole Oil & Tire Co., Inc. v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  3. State v. KraftLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  4. State v. GautheLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
  5. State v. GuilloryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987

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