State v. Jackson

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Jackson appeals from conviction of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and sentence to fifteen years in the penitentiary. We find that the error complained of by Bill of Exceptions No. 8 requires reversal.

This bill was taken to the admission, over objection, of inculpatory statements made by the accused to a police officer the day after he was arrested for killing his father, the crime for which convicted. The principal basis for the objection was the State’s failure to advise the defendant prior to trial of its intention to use this inculpatory statement, as required by…