Legal Opinion

State v. Busby

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 14, 1985No. 84-KA-1089PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

464 So.2d 262 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Ernest BUSBY.

No. 84-KA-1089.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1985.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1985.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., Edwin L. Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

James R. Mitchell, Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Ernest W. Busby III was convicted on February 15, 1984 of the first degree murder of John Reeves. According to the defendant's confession, Busby was angered when he discovered that Reeves had told Busby's girl friend,…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. KnightonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. FlowersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. State v. VaccaroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. RaultSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. ForetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Frye v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
  4. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  5. State v. HamptonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999

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