Legal Opinion
State v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 4, 1905No. 15,333PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. William Hicks and Robert Calhoun were convicted of murder, and defendant Hicks appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
The defendant Hicks, having been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, has appealed.
The record contains a bill of exceptions, from which it appears that the judge instructed the jury:
“If you believe that the charge has been made out against the prisoner with the degree of certainty which excludes from your minds every reasonable doubt, then you can bring in one of two verdicts. Lou can bring' in one, ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged,’ or, ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, without capital punishment.’ If, however, you find, from all the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- State v. BirbigliaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- State v. ElmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- State v. VialSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
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