Legal Opinion

State v. Bickham

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 31, 1960No. 44966PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOSCA, Justice.

Defendant was charged by indictment with the murder of Gus Gill on July 12, 1958 in the Parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced by the court to death. He has appealed to this Court relying upon thirty-one bills of exception for the reversal of his conviction and sentence.

Bill of Exception No. 1 was reserved to the court’s refusal to order the state to elect under which section of LSA-R.S. 14:3o 1 defendant was charged 2 Defendant filed a motion for a bill of particulars in which he alleged : "That the bill of indictment charges your…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. State v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  3. State v. DallaoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  4. State v. LeaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  5. State v. DominoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. State v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  2. State v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
  3. State v. AbercrombieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  5. State v. CrookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969

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