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State v. Kirklin

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 24, 1973No. 53383PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

283 So.2d 713 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Sylvester KIRKLIN.

No. 53383.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 24, 1973.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1973.

C. O. Brown, Alexandria, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Special Counsel to Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

DIXON, Justice.

Sylvester Kirklin was tried under a bill of information charging him with simple battery. R.S. 14:35. He was convicted after trial before a judge and sentenced to serve six months in the parish prison. This case is before us on a writ of certiorari.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. ShafferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. State v. ColeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  4. State v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  5. State v. FreemanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  3. State v. RogersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. State v. BatisteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. State v. LovettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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