Legal Opinion

State v. Rome

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1997No. 96-KA-0991PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

696 So.2d 976 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Wilfred ROME.

No. 96-KA-0991.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 1, 1997.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Karen Kirshbom Herman, John Jerry Glas, New Orleans, for applicant.

Ralph Capitelli, Capitelli & Wicker, Paul Michael Elvir, Jr., New Orleans, for respondent.

KIMBALL, Justice.[*]

ISSUE

This criminal appeal involves the constitutionality of La.C.Cr.P. art. 894.2, which provides, in part, that a court may sentence a defendant to home incarceration, in lieu of imprisonment, if the Department of Public Safety and Corrections…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  3. State v. LeCompteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. SINGER HUNTER LEVINE, ETC. v. La. State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  5. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  4. State v. RichardsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. State v. EwensLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999

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