State v. Peart

HAMLIN, Justice ad hoc.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of the crime of aggravated rape, LSA-R.S. 14:42 and his sentence of death by electrocution.

The two Bills of Exceptions reserved during the trial are presented for our consideration.

Bill of Exceptions No. One was taken to the ruling of the trial court in allowing two oral confessions and a written confession to be introduced in evidence.

Defendant contends that the purported confessions were elicited through duress and violence, and his counsel argues—

“ * * * that where there is the slightest doubt of the validity of any…