Legal Opinion
State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1888No. 10,115PublishedCited by 8 opinions
APPEAL from the Tenth District Court, Parish of Red River. ffáll, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
It is important to state exactly the proceedings in the court below, which are complained of with great earnestness, ingenuity and learning by the defendant’s counsel.
Sec. 790 of the Revised Statutes provides : “ If any person tying in wait, * * * sball|shoot, stab or thrust any person with a dangerous weapon, with the intent to commit the crime of murder, he shall, on conviction thereof, be punished with death.”
The following, See. 791, declares: “ Whoever shall shoot, stab or thrust any person, with intent to commit murder, under any other…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Jennings v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1863
3Cited by8 opinions
- Eileen Kay Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- State v. VialSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. FontenotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- People v. SwarkowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
- State v. DoyleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
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