State v. Collins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
370 So.2d 533 (1979)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Johnny Ray COLLINS.
No. 62399.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 9, 1979.
Charles E. McConnell, 24th Judicial District Indigent Defender Board, Springhill, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
DENNIS, Justice.[*]
The question of law presented by this appeal is whether Louisiana's 1976 capital punishment legislation authorizes the imposition of a death penalty for a crime committed before the effective date of the legislation. For the reasons…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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