TURNER v. LOUISIANA

No. 53.

379 U.S. 466 (1965)

TURNER v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen B. Pierson, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Burrell J. Carter.

Leonard E. Yokum argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, M. E. Culligan, Assistant Attorney General, and Duncan S. Kemp.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Wayne Turner, was indicted in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, upon a charge of murder committed during the course of a robbery. After a three-day trial a jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana,1 and we granted certiorari2 to consider the claim that the circumstances...

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