Legal Opinion

State v. West

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 8, 1982No. 81-KA-0675PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

408 So.2d 1114 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Kem C. WEST.

No. 81-KA-0675.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 8, 1982.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., Edwin L. Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Elvin C. Fontenot, Jr., of Indigent Defender Office, Leesville, C. Allen Bradley, Jr., & David L. Wallace, of Evans, Bradley & Wallace, DeRidder, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.[*]

Defendant, Kem West, appeals his conviction of second degree murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole,…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Dennis; Concurrence · Dennis.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. GermainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. OsseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. State v. ArceneauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983

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