Legal Opinion

State v. Monroe

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 2, 1974No. 54132PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

305 So.2d 902 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Eddie MONROE a/k/a Eddie Bell.

No. 54132.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 29, 1974.

On Rehearing December 2, 1974.

Leon Sarpy, Harvey G. Gleason, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty., Gen., Jim Garrison, Harry F. Connick, Dist. Attys., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of murder in 1963 after a trial by jury. He was sentenced to death by electrocution on April 8, 1965. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on January 18,…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. State v. HaynieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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