Legal Opinion

State v. White

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 19, 1976No. 56895PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

325 So.2d 584 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Muryl WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 56895.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 1976.

C. R. Whitehead, Jr., Whitehead & McCoy, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., John S. Stephens, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The sole issue of this appeal concerns the legality of the amendment, in the absence of his counsel, of the original sentence imposed upon the defendant.

The defendant was charged with perjury,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. McConnell v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. State v. CoodySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. State v. AustinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. StrainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
  2. State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. HallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  4. State v. ShumakerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
  5. State v. MooreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006

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