Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 25, 1910No. 18,188PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Bettie Smith was convicted of perjury, and, from an order sustaining a motion in arrest of judgment, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The bill of information under which defendant was prosecuted, after-setting forth that one Ed. Smith was in due course of law being tried in the district court under an indictment for murder, and that defendant appeared as a witness in his behalf and was duly sworn, proceeds as follows, to wit:
“Whereupon it became a material inquiry on. the trial of said issue whether she, the said Bettie Smith, had not, on the second day after the killing, in the sheriff’s office in the courthouse at Lake Charles, La., in the presence of Mr. C. B. Perkins and H. Kyle Ramsey,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- People v. BarryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
- State v. MooneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Hanscom v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Robertson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. WestSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. VarnadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. OcchipintiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
- State v. SaccoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988