State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Vessell

Decided April 2, 1984. Fred A. Blanche Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

450 So. 2d 938 · Cited 226 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

State v. MacK · 403 So. 2d 8
State v. Monroe · 345 So. 2d 1185
State v. Rault · 445 So. 2d 1203
State v. Gibbs · 355 So. 2d 1299
State v. Petterway · 403 So. 2d 1157
State v. Perniciaro · 374 So. 2d 1244
State v. Gibson · 391 So. 2d 421
State v. Hatcher · 372 So. 2d 1024
State v. Hills · 354 So. 2d 186
State v. Cobbs · 350 So. 2d 168
State v. Vaughn · 378 So. 2d 905
State v. Simmons · 328 So. 2d 149
State v. Dison · 396 So. 2d 1254
State v. McDaniel · 410 So. 2d 754
State v. Frentz · 354 So. 2d 1007
State v. Hudson · 361 So. 2d 858
State v. Prather · 290 So. 2d 840
State v. Cappo · 345 So. 2d 443
State v. Stokes · 433 So. 2d 96

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. Cade · 539 So. 2d 650
State v. Broadway · 753 So. 2d 801
State v. Brumfield · 737 So. 2d 660
State v. Gordon · 504 So. 2d 1135
State v. Thomas · 461 So. 2d 1253
State v. Marshall · 943 So. 2d 362
State v. Blank · 955 So. 2d 90
State v. Holmes · 5 So. 3d 42
State v. Vigne · 820 So. 2d 533
State v. Gradley · 745 So. 2d 1160
State v. Barthelemy · 32 So. 3d 999
State v. Smith · 470 So. 2d 128
State v. Cushman · 481 So. 2d 1376
State v. Helwig · 489 So. 2d 296
State v. Marshall · 6 So. 3d 1051
State v. Rains · 101 So. 3d 593
State v. Alexander · 267 So. 3d 682
State v. Alexander · 267 So. 3d 682
State v. Williams · 893 So. 2d 7
State v. Wilson · 467 So. 2d 503
State v. Lee · 976 So. 2d 109
State v. Cashen · 544 So. 2d 1268
State v. Cage · 583 So. 2d 1125
State v. Sullivan · 596 So. 2d 177
State v. Ricard · 751 So. 2d 393

Explore from here

Fred A. Blanche Jr.’s Judicial Record · La. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).