STATE OF LOUISIANA * VERSUS NO. 2014-KA-0630 * COURT OF APPEAL SULLIVAN K. WILLIAMS * FOURTH CIRCUIT * STATE OF LOUISIANA ******* APPEAL FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT ORLEANS PARISH NO. 501-947, SECTION “A” Honorable Laurie A. White, Judge ****** Judge Roland L. Belsome ****** (Court composed of Judge Roland L. Belsome, Judge Paul A. Bonin, Judge Madeleine M. Landrieu) LANDRIEU, J. CONCURS ... JOHN SULLIVAN v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1993. In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court. For a ... Sullivan Walter was wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago. He was finally freed this week after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter was wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago. He was finally freed this week after a judge threw out his conviction. Case brief summary of Sullivan v. Louisiana including the facts, issue, holding, and reasoning. Written in plain English to help law students understand the key takeaways. Read the full case brief at Studicata. A Louisiana man wrongfully convicted for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago has been formally cleared and ordered freed after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter, now 53, used ... Court of Appeal of Louisiana,Fourth Circuit. STATE of Louisiana v. Sullivan WALTER. No. 94-KA-2221. Decided: July 23, 1997 Before LOBRANO, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ. Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Karen Godail Arena, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans,for Appellee. Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant.