Legal Opinion

State v. Francis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 16, 1977No. 58466PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

345 So.2d 1120 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Bernard FRANCIS.

No. 58466.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 24, 1977.

On Rehearing May 16, 1977.

Dominic J. Gianna, New Orleans, of counsel, Robert E. Leake, Jr., Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse & Nelson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

A bill of information charged the defendant, Bernard Francis, with the distribution of heroin, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966. A jury…

Also in this document: Dissent; Per curiam.

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Miller v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  3. State v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Peter James Schwander v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  2. State v. TannerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. State v. ShanksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  4. State v. HallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
  5. State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980

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