Legal Opinion
State v. Moore
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 2, 1940No. 35998PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The defendant, having been charged with the crime of murder, filed a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that more than a year and a day elapsed from the date of the alleged shooting and the death of the victim. From the.ruling of the trial judge sustaining the motion to quash, the state has appealed.
The prosecuting attorney on the trial of the motion admitted that Sidney Alexis, the party whom the defendant is accused of murdering, died in May of 1940, more than a year and a day after the defendant is alleged to have shot him — June 22, 1938.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. KennedyLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1845
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- State v. RodostaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
- State v. DaileyIndiana Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. PinsonatSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Commonwealth v. LaddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- United States v. Michael Clifton ChaseCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- State v. ChanetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
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