Legal Opinion

State v. Ferguson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 26, 1978No. 60526PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

358 So.2d 1214 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Alexander FERGUSON.

No. 60526.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 10, 1978.

Concurring Opinion May 26, 1978.

Clyde D. Merritt, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Nick F. Noriea, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

2Per curiam

A grand jury indictment charged defendant Alexander Ferguson with aggravated rape, a violation of Article 42 of the Criminal Code. A unanimous jury found him guilty of attempted aggravated rape, a…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. BlankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  2. State v. ToomerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. SimsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  5. State v. HarveySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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