Legal Opinion
State v. Ellis.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 26, 1945No. 37740PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The defendant, Patrick C. Ellis, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed from the conviction and sentence.
The appeal is predicated on two bills of exception. Bill of Exception No. 1 is taken to the court’s overruling of the defendant’s objection to the admission of a written confession. Bill of Exception No. 2 is taken to the overruling of the motion for a new trial based on the same grounds. The two questions presented in the defendant’s bills of exception are, (1) whether or not the confession was voluntary, and (2)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Ashcraft v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
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