Legal Opinion
State v. Sharp
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 25, 1932No. 31632PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNOT, X
The defendant was charged, in an indictment returned into court by the grand jury, with the commission of the crime of murder. He was formally arraigned, entered a plea of “not guilty” to the charge, and the case was regularly assigned for trial.
In due course he was tried and the jury returned the following qualified verdict: “We, the jury, find the accused guilty as charged without capital punishment.” A motion for a new trial was filed, argued, and overruled, and the defendant was sentenced to serve a life term imprisonment at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. From…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- State v. DudenheferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- State v. PascalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. TonubbeeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Mississippi River Fuel Corporation v. Roland Cocreham, Collector of Revenue of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- State v. HandleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
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