Legal Opinion

State v. Morgan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 30, 1917No. 22648Published

Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson; Cas Moss, Judge. Pete Morgan was convicted of murder, and he appeals.

1Opinion

On the Merits.

O’NIELL, J.

The defendant appeals from a verdict convicting him of murder, without capital punishment, and from a sentence of life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The record contains 74 bills of exception. Six are designated, respectively, by the letters, Á, B, O, D, E, and E, and the remainder by the numbers 1 to 6S, inclusive, except that we do not find a bill numbered 30, and find two numbered 58, one of which is designated as 58a.

[2] Bill of exceptions A was reserved to the refusal of the district judge to allow the defendant to summon as witnesses in his behalf, on the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. BantaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  2. State v. BordelonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  3. State v. SuireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  4. State v. FletcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  5. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914

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