Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 9, 1949No. 39522PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRUGE, Justice.
Welton Williams was indicted for manslaughter, found guilty as charged and sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor. He has appealed, presenting seven bills of exception as grounds for a reversal!
Bill of Exception No. 1.
In this bill the defendant complains of the court’s refusal to charge the jury that they could return a verdict of (1). Guilty as Charged, (2) Guilty of Attempted Manslaughter, (3) Guilty of Negligent Homicide, or (4) Not Guilty. Instead the court charged the jury that the only possible verdicts were (1) Guilty as Charged or (2) Not Guilty.
The crime was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. VallerySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- State v. ElmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- Harlan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
- State v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. BirminghamArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. DowdySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- State v. WestonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- State v. BeckLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Ramirez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
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