State v. Jefferson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixteenth District Court, Parish of Bast Feliciana. Brause, J. 1. Testimony of a personal difficulty the evening previous is admissible for the-purpose. (а) Of establishing the status of the accused as acting, at the time of the homicide, in his own right. (б) And that the accused believed at the time he was in danger of death or of' serious bodily harm, and to enable the jury to determine whether or not he had reasonable grounds to so believe.
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APPEAL from the Sixteenth District Court, Parish of Bast Feliciana. Brause, J. 1. Testimony of a personal difficulty the evening previous is admissible for the-purpose. (а) Of establishing the status of the accused as acting, at the time of the homicide, in his own right. (б) And that the accused believed at the time he was in danger of death or of' serious bodily harm, and to enable the jury to determine whether or not he had reasonable grounds to so believe. (c) Audio determine who was the aggressor-. Whar. Horn.,2d lid., Secs. 69-1, 695;. State vs. Claude, 35 An. 14, 75; Whar. Crim. Law,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder, convicted • ■of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for seven years, ana prosecutes this appeal therefrom on the ■several grounds enumerated in the record.
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The first question presented for consideration is whether the trial judge erroneously excluded evidence offered for the purpose of showing that the deceased beat the defendant on the head‘with a large, heavy club, causing the blood to flow freely; and that this occurred •on the evening antecedent to the homicide —…
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