Legal Opinion
State v. Washington
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 4, 1983No. 82-KA-0724PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, Justice.
Defendant, Billy Ray Washington, was convicted by a ten to two jury verdict of the attempted aggravated rape of a six year old girl, Tashenna Ballard, on or about September 3, 1978. LSA-R.S. 14:27; 14:42. Washington was sentenced by the trial court to fifty years at hard labor, the statutory maximum for attempted aggravated rape. He has appealed his conviction and sentence, assigning fifteen errors by the trial court.
Washington was initially convicted as charged on four counts of attempted aggravated rape. The convictions were reversed because failure to sever the charges…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. AndersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- State v. LoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- State v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
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