Legal Opinion

State v. Booker

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 7, 1980No. 65384PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

385 So.2d 1186 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Sam BOOKER, Jr.

No. 65384.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 28, 1980.

On Rehearing July 7, 1980.

Wellborn Jack, Jr., Jack & Jack, Shreveport; Claude R. Sledge, Mansfield, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James Lynn Davis, Dist. Atty., Herman L. Lawson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant was charged by bill of information with attempted first degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:27. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, found defendant guilty of attempted second…

Also in this document: Dissent · Dixon; Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent · Watson.

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. De Jonge v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Cole v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. PrestridgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State Ex Rel. Elaire v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. State v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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