Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 27, 1995No. 94-K-1379PublishedCited by 325 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

664 So.2d 94 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Silas JOHNSON.

No. 94-K-1379.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 27, 1995.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1996.

Richard P. Ieoyoub, Attorney General, Robert "Rick" Bryant, District Attorney, Paul Peter Reggie, and Patricia Head Minaldi, for Applicant.

Ronald F. Ware, for Respondent.

WATSON, Justice.[1]

A jury convicted the defendant, Silas Johnson, of attempted second degree murder, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1 and 14:27, and aggravated burglary, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:60. The trial court sentenced Johnson to concurrent sentences of 50 years at hard…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by325 opinions

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