State v. Berry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
0 N APPEAL from the Ninth Judicial District Court for the Parish of De Soto. Hall, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nichollls, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of murder without capi-. tal punishment, sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from the sentence he has prosecuted this appeal.
The only question submitted to us for review is the action of the District Court in permitting a confession of the defendant to go to the jury, over the protest of the latter.
It was claimed by the defendant that the confession was not free and voluntary.
The testimony which served as the basis for the introduction of the confession is annexed to the bill as part thereof,…
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