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STATE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 80-K(A)-1444, 80-K(A)-1689.

392 So.2d 448 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon WILLIAMS, Jr. STATE of Louisiana v. Eric JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion December 19, 1980.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., David Paddison, Joseph Meyer, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

Morris Hyman, New Orleans, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-respondent, Leon Williams, Jr.

James C. Lawrence, Jr., New Orleans, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-respondent, Eric Johnson.

WATSON, Justice.

In separate proceedings, defendants, Leon Williams, Jr. and Eric Johnson, were charged with being felons in unlawful possession of firearms. LSA-R.S. 14:95.1. Defendants filed motions to quash the charges, alleging that their prior guilty pleas were defective under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). The charges were quashed because the previous convictions were entered without...

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