Legal Opinion

State v. Holland

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 16, 1907No. 16,782PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of De Soto; John Bachman Lee, Judge. E. D. Holland was convicted of kidnapping, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

E. D. Holland, as principal, and Jim McDow, as accessory before the fact, were indicted for the offense commonly called “kidnapping,” as denounced by section 805 of the Revised Statutes. McDow was acquitted, but Holland was convicted, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of three years. He has appealed, and relies for reversal on one bill of exceptions and errors assigned as patent on the face of the record.

We will first consider the bill of exceptions, to which is attached the testimony of a number of witnesses and the objections of the defendant made at the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pueblo v. Echevarría RodríguezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1991
  2. State v. TrubySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  3. Collier v. VaccaroCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
  4. State v. TaylorNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1940
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924

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