State v. Daniel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Jefferson. Pardee, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
DeBlanc, J.
The charge against defendant is that — on or about the -21st of December, 1873 — he killed and murdered one Joseph L. Cocke, in the parish of Jefferson. He was twice tried for this alleged crime, the first time on the 14th of January 1875, the second time on the 13th of April 1876. On each trial, the verdict against him was: “Guilty, without capital punishment.”
He was twice sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for life. From the decree based on the first verdict, he appealed, and was granted •a new trial on the ground that some of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1873
- People v. KnappMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- People v. VernonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1859
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