Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Davis v. Criminal District Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 5, 1979No. Nos. 63216, 62281PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Justice.*
The issue in this case is whether a sixteen year old juvenile indicted by a grand jury for first degree murder, may be charged subsequently by bill of information with second degree murder, tried and convicted by a jury in district court for the latter offense, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without parole for forty years.
Arthur Davis was jointly indicted with a co-defendant for first degree murder, La. R.S. 14:30, allegedly committed on June 16, 1976. Arthur Davis was sixteen years old on the date of the offense. Before trial the prosecuting attorney…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. EverfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State Ex Rel. Moore v. WARDEN OF LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AT DeQUINCYSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
3Cited by10 opinions
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