State v. Johnson

ROGERS, Justice.

Eugene Johnson was indicted jointly with Ashton Heard for the murder of Steve Bench at Albany, Louisiana, on November 23, 1940. A severance was granted Ashton Heard, and Eugene Johnson was tried, found guilty as charged, and sentenced to be hanged. He has appealed, relying on three bills of exception taken to the rulings of the trial judge.

Bill No. 1. This bill was reserved to the ruling of the trial judge in permitting the assistant district attorney in his opening statement to the jury, over defendant’s objection, to give certain details of a written confession, made in the…