State v. Duvall
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. James Duvall was convicted of murder, Dora Murff convicted of manslaughter, and they appeal. Allie Murff was acquitted.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
Defendants were charged with murder. James Duvall appeals from a verdict of guilty, without capital punishment ; and Dora Murff appeals from a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Allie Murff was acquitted.
The record contains forty bills of exceptions, a motion for a new trial, a motion in arrest of judgment, qnd an assignment of errors on the face of the record. Arguments, oral and written, were also submitted on some points not covered by bills.
[5,7,8] After the jq,ry had been sworn, and the indictment had been read, the court, upon further examination, declared one of the jurors to be…
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