State v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion; William Pierrepont Edwards, Judge. Fernest Montgomery was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The defendant is a negro who is charged with having killed his wife, Eva Minique. 1-Ie was indicted for murder.
He was tried and found guilty as charged and condemned to suffer the death penalty.
There are six bills of exceptions. The first two are substantially similar. They will be taken up together for decision.
The objection is, as brought up in those bills, that the names of the petit jurors were drawn from the box, instead of drawing them immediately from the envelope containing the names of the petit jurors drawn for the term.
The statement of the trial judge, made part of the bill of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. LyonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
3Cited by13 opinions
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