Legal Opinion

State v. Sylvester

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 3, 1980No. 66395PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

388 So.2d 1155 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

David Joseph SYLVESTER.

No. 66395.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1980.[*]

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Timothy W. Cerniglia, Louise S. Korns, J. Kevin McNary, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert Glass, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

Defendant's appeal urges two grounds for reversal of his conviction for first degree murder and sentence to life imprisonment.

Prior to the murders in this case…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. OrtizSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  2. State v. VaccaroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. WelcomeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  4. State v. LavalaisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  5. State v. WinnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982

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