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STATE v. HILLS

No. 57780.

337 So.2d 512 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. William HILLS, III.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion October 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiley R. Dial, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

SUMMERS, J., dissents and will assign reasons.

SUMMERS, Justice (dissenting).

While I agree that this judgment should be affirmed, I do not agree with the practice this Court has adopted of affirming serious criminal cases by a one-word judgment: "Affirmed". In this cycle twentysix such judgments have been handed down.1

In my view fully researched and justified opinions serve an essential...

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