State v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
422 So.2d 95 (1982)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Robert SAWYER.
No. 81-KA-1566.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 18, 1982.
Rehearing Denied November 24, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Phillip J. Boudousque, Abbott J. Reeves, William C. Credo, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
David Katner, George Escher, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
LEMMON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. The principal issue on review of the guilt phase of the trial is the sufficiency…
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- State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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