Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Ross v. Blackburn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 8, 1981No. 81-KH-0411PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
403 So.2d 719 (1981)
STATE ex rel. William ROSS
v.
Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 81-KH-0411.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 8, 1981.
C. Frank Holthaus, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Dale G. Cox, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.
LABORDE, Justice ad hoc.[*]
Defendant William Ross was convicted of second degree murder in Caddo Parish in February of 1974 and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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