Legal Opinion
State v. Whitfield
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 24, 1969No. 49268PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
In an indictment by the Grand Jury of the Parish of Orleans Alfred Whitfield, the defendant herein, was charged with the murder of one Percy Thomas. He was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty without capital punishment, and thereafter was sentenced to serve the balance of his natural life at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He is appealing from such conviction and sentence.
During certain pretrial proceedings, and in the course of the trial, the defendant reserved and later perfected fourteen bills of exceptions. However, for a reversal of his…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Eubanks v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- State v. BarksdaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- State v. ReeseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- State v. CousinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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- State v. FloodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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