Legal Opinion

State v. Caston

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 9, 1990No. 21488-KAPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

561 So.2d 941 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Jessie James CASTON, Appellant.

No. 21488-KA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 9, 1990.

Captan Jack Wyly, Lake Providence, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James David Caldwell, Dist. Atty., Tallulah, George F. Fox, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Lake Providence, for appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.

SEXTON, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for manslaughter, arguing that the district court erred when it gave the jury an Allen charge after the court was advised that the jury was deadlocked. We…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. State v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  5. State v. KnightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  2. State v. WashingtonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  3. Smith v. BundrickLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  4. State v. JamesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  5. State v. FosterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010

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