Legal Opinion

State v. Telsee

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 10, 1983No. 82-KA-0395PublishedCited by 553 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

425 So.2d 1251 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Johnny TELSEE, Jr.

No. 82-KA-0395.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 10, 1983.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Patrick G. Guinlan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.

N. Graves Thomas, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

DENNIS, Justice.

This is a criminal appeal in which the defendant, Johnny Telsee, Jr., challenges his sentence of forty years at hard labor under the forcible rape statute as excessive punishment in violation of Article 1, Section 20 of the 1974 Louisiana…

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2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  5. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by553 opinions

  1. State v. WeaverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  3. State v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  4. State v. LisottaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. State v. PykeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996

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