Legal Opinion
State v. Graves
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1971No. 50991PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
This is a criminal prosecution. The Grand Jury of East Baton Rouge Parish indicted'the defendant, James Graves, for the murder of Herman Adams. After trial, the jury found him guilty without capital punishment, and the trial judge sentenced him to Louisiana State Penitentiary for life. Graves appeals, relying upon five bills of exceptions.
On October 17, 1968, at approximately 4:00 p. m., the defendant, James Graves, approached several people on the corner qf North 27th-^and Fuqua Streets in Baton Rouge. Herman Adams the deceased, was sitting on the porch. James Graves had…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- William Joseph Coughlan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- State v. HudsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
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3Cited by22 opinions
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