State v. Breedlove
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
The accused was indicted for the murder of Harold Posey, tried and convicted as charged without capital punishment and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed and relies upon alleged errors said to be patent upon the face of the record and thirteen bills of exception reserved during the course of the trial for the annulment of the verdict and the sentence.
The first error said to appear upon the face of the record resulted from the trial judge permitting the State to amend the indictment by changing the first name of the deceased from “Harold” to “Andrew Harrison (Hal),”…
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- People v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- State v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- State v. MesserSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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