Louisiana Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases Amendment (1980)
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The Louisiana Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 4, 1980, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that the jurisdiction for the appeal of all criminal cases, except those that involved the death penalty, would reside with the court of appeals.[1]
Election results
Louisiana Amendment 1 (1980) | ||||
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
725,048 | 66.64% | |||
No | 362,993 | 33.36% |
Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
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