State v. Clark
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Assumption; Philip H. Gilbert, Judge. Loja Clark was convicted of murder and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Defendant, charged with murder, appeals from a verdict wherein she was found guilty without capital punishment.
[1] She relies upon two bills of exception, the first of which she reserved to the trial judge’s ruling upon the admissibility of parol evidence to prove a dying declaration, of which a written memorandum was taken at the time it was made. It seems that the coroner took down in writing the dying declaration of the deceased shortly after the shooting, on September 13, 1916. The deceased thereafter underwent treatment, and, his condition having much improved, the coroner, acting under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. DuncanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- State v. BordelonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- State v. ArbunoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- State v. RoseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- State v. BaudoinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. BroussardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950