Legal Opinion
State v. Peace
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 22, 1908No. 17,155Published
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Sabine; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Lonflie Peace was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
Defendant, indicted for the murder of James Caswell, on December 1, 1906, was by the jury found guilty of manslaughter, and was sentenced by the court to hard labor in the state penitentiary for a period of 10 years. He has appealed.
In the brief filed on behalf of appellant, his counsel say:
“While defendant has ten (nine) bills of exception exclusive of trie one overruling his motion for a new trial, they can be classified into four groups. Two, where evidence was admitted for the state, should have been rejected, and two, where evidence was excluded for the…
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