Legal Opinion
State v. Washington
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 29, 1982No. 82-KA-0074PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Justice Pro Tem.*
Danny Charles Washington was charged by a bill of information with aggravated arson, a violation of LSA-R.S. M^l.1 The defendant waived his right to a jury trial, and on August 18,1981, he was tried before the District Judge who found him guilty as charged. Immediately after trial, the State charged that Washington was a multiple offender as defined in LSA-R.S. 15:529.1, and a hearing on the issue was set for October 29, 1981. On that date, after a trial of the matter the Trial Judge found that Washington had been convicted of two felonies before his conviction for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. HegwoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. GouldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- State v. BradleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
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