Legal Opinion

State v. Chinn

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 26, 1956No. 42430Published

1Opinion of the Court

87 So.2d 315 (1955)

229 La. 984

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Louis CHINN.

No. 42430.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 7, 1955.

On Rehearing March 26, 1956.

Daniel P. Kimball, T. C. Strickland, Jr., Port Allen, Ralph L. Roy, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ferd C. Claiborne, Dist. Atty., New Roads, Charles H. Dameron, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for appellee.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Louis Chinn, having been convicted on an indictment charging him with the murder of Dominick Boeta and sentenced to death in the electric chair,…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State v. DowdySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. State v. GunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  3. State v. HoneycuttSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  4. State v. EisenhardtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  5. Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926

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