State v. Veal
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
296 So.2d 262 (1974)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
James R. VEAL, Jr.
No. 54358.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 10, 1974.
Joe E. Thompson, Sumpter B. Davis, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., M. Stephen Roberts, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
SANDERS, Chief Justice.
James R. Veal, Jr., was convicted on February 10, 1972, of the murder of a Baton Rouge cab driver. On September 25, 1972, he was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Following constitutional mandates, the trial court later set…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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