Legal Opinion
State v. MacK
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1962No. 46027PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
The defendants, Adam Amos Mack, Jr. and Shelton Joseph Williams, appeal from their convictions of murder and sentences to death.
The circumstances of the crime are particularly brutal and revolting. On the evening of June 25, 1960, Mack, Williams and Kerry Joseph Feast, Jr., Negroes residing .at Lafayette, travelled by automobile from Lafayette to a grocery store at New Iberia. 'They arrived in the vicinity of the store ■ about 11:00 P.M. Feast, who was driving, remained with the automobile. Mack • and Williams armed themselves with automobile jack handles and entered the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. BarksdaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- State v. RideauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
- State v. CurrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- State v. DouglasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
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