State v. Wooten
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth District Court, Parish of Caldwell; George Wear, Sr., Judge. Maud Wooten was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1] The accused applied for a continuance on the ground of the absence of one of his witnesses ;• and the court refused it, because the testimony of the absent witness would bear upon an unimportant point and would be merely cumulative. The ruling was correct. Marr’s Crim. Juris, p. 606; State v. Primeaux, 39 La. Ann. 673, 2 South. 423; State v. Hillstock, 45 La. Ann. 299, 12 South. 352; State v. Rodrigues, 45 La. Ann. 1044, 13 South. 802.
[2, 3] The indictment was for murder. A first trial upon it resulted in a verdict for manslaughter. This verdict, as has been frequently decided in like…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Keener v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
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- Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1888
- Prine v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
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