Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided September 7, 1982No. 82-KA-0207PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
419 So.2d 881 (1982)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Gerard C. EDWARDS.
No. 82-KA-0207.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 7, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Joseph Meyer, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
DIXON, Chief Justice.[*]
The defendant was convicted of the first degree murders of Gilbert George and his sister-in-law Joy George in their apartment on February 28, 1978. The jury, unable to agree on a death…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by56 opinions
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