Legal Opinion

State v. Sheppard

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 21, 1979No. 63537PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

371 So.2d 1135 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Calvin Roy SHEPPARD.

No. 63537.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 21, 1979.

Gordon J. Hamner, Charles Gary Blaize, Houma, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., William G. Yates, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

This prosecution arose from a series of arguments among residents of an apartment complex in Houma, Louisiana on July 3, 1977. The initial dispute was between Cheryl Williams and Jerry Simmons, who was living with Melvina Williams, Cheryl's…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. State in Interest of DinoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. HillsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. PaytonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. State v. WeedonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. State v. AugustineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  3. State v. ChaneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. SpellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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