# State v. Washington

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 25, 1979 · 375 So. 2d 1162

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7499114

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana v. Joe W. WASHINGTON
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 25, 1979
- **Citations:** 375 So. 2d 1162; 1979 La. LEXIS 6848
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Summers
- **Judges:** Blanche, Brown, Marcus, Reasons, Summers, Tate
- **Cited by:** 32 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding Swain violation on the basis of, inter alia, evidence that "the prosecutor himself admits that, solely on the basis of race and without examination as to the individual's particular qualifications or predilections, he consistently excuses black veniremen through the us…

## Opinion text

SUMMERS, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent for the reasons assigned by Mr. Justice BLANCHE.

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