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  2. Louisiana Supreme Court - Wikipedia

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    The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Supreme Court, and Louisiana state law, are historically based in the colonial governments of France and Spain during the 18th century. The current Supreme Court traces its roots back to these beginnings.

  3. List of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court - Wikipedia

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    Zenon Labauve Jr. 1865–1868. Justice Edward Douglass White, who later became Chief Justice of the United States. Rufus K. Howell 1865–1877. John Henry Ilsley 1865–1868. Robert Byron Jones 1865–1866. James G. Taliaferro 1866–1876. John T. Ludeling 1868–1877, Chief Justice. William Gillespie Wyly 1868–1876.

  4. Judiciary of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort. It is composed of seven justices and meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Court has original jurisdiction over matters arising from disciplinary matters involving the bench and bar. [1] The Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over any case where a ...

  5. 2 Louisiana Supreme Court candidates disqualified, leaving 1 ...

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    An upcoming election in a new majority-Black state Supreme Court district in Louisiana may already be decided after two of three candidates were disqualified from the race under an opinion issued ...

  6. Kennedy v. Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended.

  7. John L. Weimer - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (BA, JD) John Louis Weimer III (born October 2, 1954) is an American judge who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana since 2021. [2] [3] Weimer received a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University in 1980. In 1995, he was elected District Judge for the 17th Judicial District ...

  8. Bernette Joshua Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Baton Rouge ( JD) Bernette Joshua Johnson (born June 17, 1943) [ 1] is an American lawyer from New Orleans, who served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 2013 to 2020. [ 2] She is the first African American to serve in this position, and succeeded Catherine D. Kimball .

  9. McCoy v. Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to decide that the objective of his defense is to maintain innocence at all costs, even when counsel believes that admitting guilt offers the defendant the best chance to avoid the death penalty.

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