Legal Opinion

State v. Migues

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 27, 1938No. 34899PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendant, Honoré Migues, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Mrs. Evelyn Allen Crawford. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he was sentenced to death. His appeal presents five formal bills of exception.

Bills Nos. 1 and 2 cover the same subject matter. They were reserved to the overruling of defendant’s objection to the manner in which the names of the jurors were drawn from .the tales jury box.

When all but ten of the jurors on the regular venire had been called and no juror having been accepted, the trial judge realized that it would be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. VialSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. State v. CarricutSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
  3. State v. NeuSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  2. State v. MiguesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  3. State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963

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