State v. Auguste
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Landry. Dupré, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
An information was filed charging Placide Auguste, B. Sylvestre and Adam Melangon with burglary and larceny.
*489When the ease was called for trial Melangon alone was put upon trial.
Why the other two were not then tried does not appeal
A verdict of guilty having been returned, from a judgment thereon sentencing the accused to five years in the penitentiary, this appeal is taken.
He complains of error to his prejudice'in the ruling of the trial judge permitting what the prosecution claimed to be a voluntary confession, to go to the jury.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. CantonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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