State v. Hoover

54 So.2d 130 (1951)

219 La. 872

STATE

v.

HOOVER.

No. 40137.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 28, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1951.

Sam Monk Zelden, Max Zelden, Dr. Hubert Winston Smith and George O'Dowd. all of New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden, Dist. Atty., George J. Gulotta, Executive Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

MOISE, Justice.

Louis Eugene Hoover was tried for murder, found guilty as charged and sentenced to death. He has appealed.

There were sixteen bills of exception reserved during the trial, but…