Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 16, 1984No. 82-KA-2012PublishedCited by 549 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
445 So.2d 1198 (1984)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Donald Wayne WRIGHT.
No. 82-KA-2012.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 16, 1984.
Rehearing Denied February 15, 1984.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Michelle Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Hank Seldon Hannah, Hannah, Cook & Kaufman, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.
BLANCHE, Justice.
Defendant was arrested and indicted for the murder of his wife in a Lafayette motel room on December 6, 1981. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of second degree murder…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by549 opinions
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