Supreme Court of Louisiana· 3/12/1980
State v. Sonnier
Citations
- 380 So. 2d 1
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- on remand, the state reduced the charge to second degree murder and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
- in case reversed on other grounds, dictum suggested that death penalty disproportionate
- Court affirmed first degree murder conviction as principal when defendant and his brother came upon a couple and his brother handcuffed the couple; then both men raped the girl and his brother shot the couple while the defendant held the flashlight on them
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Judges: Dixon
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92 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Pulley v. HarrisSupreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×
- State v. NealSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2001-09-21· cited 575×
- State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana· 2000-01-26· cited 484×
- State v. LegerSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-07-10· cited 398×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1987-04-06· cited 345×
- State v. DraughnSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2007-01-17· cited 292×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-06-29· cited 245×
- State v. NarcisseSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-01-25· cited 222×
- State v. CastleberrySupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-04-13· cited 204×
- State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-04-14· cited 201×
- State v. JuniorsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-11-29· cited 200×
- State v. BroadwaySupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-10-19· cited 198×
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2008-01-16· cited 173×
- State v. DeruiseSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2001-04-03· cited 169×
- State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-09-08· cited 161×
- State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana· 2011-09-07· cited 160×
- State v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2000-04-11· cited 159×
- State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-10-19· cited 159×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-06-20· cited 158×
- State v. HamptonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-06-15· cited 157×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
- State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-01-28· cited 139×
- State v. MadisonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-04-11· cited 118×
- Alvord v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1975-09-17· cited 113×
- State v. CataneseSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-03-05· cited 95×
- State v. EnglishSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-01-29· cited 68×
- State v. PaytonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-08-18· cited 64×
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-10-14· cited 59×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-09-05· cited 35×
- State v. DupreSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-04-09· cited 20×
- State v. ForbesSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-08-23· cited 14×
- State v. BanksSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-09-05· cited 12×
- State v. HebertSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-03-06· cited 5×
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