Legal Opinion
State v. Labat
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 2, 1954No. 41718PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
The defendants Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret, charged in a bill of indictment with the crime of aggravated rape denounced by Article 42 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, R.S. 14:42, were tried, adjudged guilty, and sentenced to death. From their convictions and sentences they have appealed.
In the early hours of the morning of November 12, 1950, while the prosecuting witness and her escort, Robert Penedo, both white persons, were walking along a street in New Orleans, they were assaulted by the two defendants, both of whom were Negroes. The defendant Labat after…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- State v. PoeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- State v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- State v. MattioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. NarcisoDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1977
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- State v. HillsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- State v. BarksdaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
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