Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 30, 1978No. 60381PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

354 So.2d 530 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Fred JONES.

No. 60381.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 30, 1978.

Caliste Beard, Jr., Ltd., Caliste Beard, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., David F. Hutchins, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court has the discretion to refuse to permit defendant to call as a witness one who had been present in court while other witnesses were testifying without the consent or…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Brooks v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Holder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. United States v. Carl D. SchaeferCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
  5. Mason Braswell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. TrahanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
  2. State v. BoutteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. ArmsteadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  5. State v. WarrenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983

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