State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Paul Jones was convicted of murder, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The defendant appeals from the verdict of a jury and a judgment *981•of the court, whereby he was found guilty •of murder and condemned “without capital punishment.”
The questions presented on appeal were raised on the motion for a new trial.
They are that the verdict is contrary to Jaw and the evidence; that, after the trial, ■defendant discovered new evidence, material to the issue, which he did not have at the trial, notwithstanding he had exerted due •diligence in searching for all evidence in his behalf.
The following, the defendant avers, is the newly discovered evidence:
That, immediately…
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