Legal Opinion

State v. Rowell

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 20, 1975No. 55314PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

306 So.2d 671 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Edwin C. ROWELL.

No. 55314.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1975.

Donald Sharp, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Alfred B. Shapiro, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

MARCUS, Justice.

Edwin C. Rowell, while imprisoned in the Rapides Parish jail, escaped by walking out of jail with a work release crew in place of another prisoner. He was apprehended in Texas, returned to Rapides Parish and charged with simple escape. La. R.S. 14:110A(1). After…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. State v. SinclairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. State v. BrewerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  4. State v. CallihanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
  5. State v. RowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. PerrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. State v. BullockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. BiglaneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  4. State v. DonahueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  5. State v. FreemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000

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