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Apr 2020
Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ACLU of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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13 Louisiana Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2009
Montejo v. State of Louisiana
Whether the police may interrogate an indigent defendant who has been assigned counsel without counsel present on the theory that the defendant never formally indicated that he accepted the appointment. DECIDED
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Racial Justice
Montejo v. State of Louisiana
Whether the police may interrogate an indigent defendant who has been assigned counsel without counsel present on the theory that the defendant never formally indicated that he accepted the appointment. DECIDED
Apr 2009
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
Feb 2008
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Capital Punishment
State of Louisiana v. Langley
Nov 2006
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