39788 Precedential Processed

State v. Dowdy

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed May 29, 1950 · 47 So. 2d 496

Cited by

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State v. Kennedy 803 So. 2d 916 La. 2001
State v. Broussard 649 So. 2d 726 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1994
State v. Kahey 436 So. 2d 475 La. 1983
State v. Walker 394 So. 2d 1181 La. 1981
State v. Crumholt 357 So. 2d 526 La. 1978
State v. Sutfield 354 So. 2d 1334 La. 1978
State v. Taylor 347 So. 2d 172 La. 1977
State v. Hodgeson 305 So. 2d 421 La. 1974
State v. Clark 305 So. 2d 457 La. 1974
State v. Triplett 285 So. 2d 532 La. 1973
State v. Sinclair 245 So. 2d 365 La. 1971

Opinion text

McCALEB, J., concurring. I am in agreement with all of the rulings in this case but not with the obiter dictum that an accused charged with a capital offense is required to request that counsel be •assigned to him for his defense. It is my view that the proviso contained in Article 143 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ■contemplates that, if the accused in a capital case has not employed counsel, it becomes the mandatory duty of the court to “assign counsel for his defense of at least five (5) years’ actual experience at the bar.”