Legal Opinion

State v. Cobbs

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 19, 1977No. 59364PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

350 So.2d 168 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Rufus COBBS.

No. 59364.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 19, 1977.

Tilden Greenbaum, 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., Robert L. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

The defendant Rufus Cobbs was charged with the crime of simple burglary, a violation of R.S. 14:62. Defendant waived trial by jury and the trial judge found him guilty as charged. The State then charged him as a multiple…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  2. United States v. ProutCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. Louis M. DarensbourgCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. United States v. Theodore Ray MelanconCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. State v. SearleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. State v. VessellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. KlarSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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