Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 27, 1969No. 49575PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
In this prosecution for simple burglary the defendants Shirley Wright and Lionel Triplett were jointly tried by a jury, found guilty and sentenced to serve terms of eight and five years in the penitentiary, respectively. Six bills of exceptions were reserved to rulings of the District Court during the course of the proceeding upon which defendants rely to support this appeal.
Bill No. 1 is not argued separately, but we are referred to the argument made in support of Bill No. 6 for defendants’ position on this bill.
BILL NO. 2
In a bill of information for burglary in the short…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Delli Paoli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
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3Cited by58 opinions
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