Legal Opinion

State v. Henry

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 26, 1941No. 36165PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant has twice been convicted of murder and twice had a death sentence imposed upon her. We set the first conviction and sentence aside and remanded the case for retrial. State v. Henry, 196 La. 217, 198 So. 910.

She has appealed from the second conviction and sentence. Her plea for reversal of the conviction and sentence is grounded upon numerous alleged erroneous rulings of the trial court during the progress of the trial, which alleged errors are set out in 20 or more bills of exception. Some of the bills have no merit. Others disclose fatal errors, and we find it…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. State v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  3. State v. MesserSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  4. State v. McCoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  5. State v. GuillorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. State v. VinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  3. State v. ShafferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  4. State v. CorbinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. State v. BreedloveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941

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