Legal Opinion

State v. Peyton

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 9, 1940No. 35329PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The defendant stands convicted of the crime of murder and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. In this appeal from the conviction and sentence he relies upon six bills of exception. When the case was first argued and submitted it was found necessary to remand it to the district court' for a correction of the minutes, to show that the defendant was present in court during every stage of the trial. State v. Peyton, 193 La. 354, 190 So. 579. The minutes have been corrected, and there is no further complaint on that score.

The first bill of exception was reserved to the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. FosterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. State v. BaconSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  3. State v. CollSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  4. State v. PeytonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  5. State v. SopherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. BrewerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  2. State v. CurrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  3. State v. SercovichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  4. State v. MoorcraftSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. State v. FutchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950

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