Legal Opinion

State v. Bosworth

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 19, 1978No. 61492PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

360 So.2d 173 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent,

v.

Gerald A. BOSWORTH, Relator.

No. 61492.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 19, 1978.

Robert Glass, Martzell & Montero, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., James L. Alcock, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

TATE, Justice.

The issue involves whether the defendant is entitled to access to his pre-sentence investigation report before sentence is imposed. We granted certiorari, 354 So.2d 1047 (1978), to review the trial court's failure to…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. United States v. Eliseo Espinoza, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  2. State v. CoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  3. State v. CottinginLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  4. State v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983

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