Legal Opinion

State v. Catanese

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 5, 1979No. 62184PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

368 So.2d 975 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Joseph A. CATANESE.

No. 62184.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1979.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Eugene Bryson, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

M. Daniel LaGrone, Jr., Smith & LaGrone, Shreveport, for defendant-respondent.

DENNIS, Justice.

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2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. State v. ValdezArizona Supreme Court · 1962
  4. People v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
  5. People v. BarbaraMichigan Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by87 opinions

  1. State v. ForetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. State v. BullardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  3. Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  4. State v. HumphreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. HumphreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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