State v. McCoy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Lafayette;. Conrad De Baillon, Judge. Joseph, alias Daniel, McCoy was convicted of crime, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The defendant in this case was convicted of rape and sentenced to death, and, having appealed, presents his case to this court by means of certain bills of exception, which will be considered in inverse order with respect to the numbers given them in the transcript.
Bill 8 show's that the defendant, having taken the stand as a witness in his own behalf, was asked on cross-examination, “Have you ever been convicted and sent to the penitentiary from this parish?” to w'hich his counsel objected “on the ground that it was not competent for the state to attack the character of the accused until he…
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