Legal Opinion

State v. Shelton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 12, 1979No. 64789PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

377 So.2d 96 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Clyde SHELTON.

No. 64789.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1979.

C. Sherburne Sentell, Jr., Minden, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon H. Whitten, Dist. Atty., George Meadors, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

LANDRY, Justice Ad Hoc.

Clyde Shelton was charged by bill of information with simple kidnapping of Jennifer Lee Deaton on June 3, 1978. La.R.S. 14:45. By a jury vote of five to one he was convicted of the offense and sentenced to maximum imprisonment at hard labor for five…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. DrewSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. United States v. Lawrence Charles KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. United States v. William E. Fleetwood, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  5. State v. QuallsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. State v. KimbleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. DavidSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. ClaiborneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. HallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989

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