Legal Opinion

State v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 11, 1923No. 25948PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from • Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Párish of Washington; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. John Murphy and another were convicted of murder, and they appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.

Defendants appeal from a conviction of murder and sentence of death. Twenty-eight bills ■ of exceptions were retained during the course of the trig.1, but only a few of them have been urged before this court.

Bills Nos. 1 and 2.

[1] The first bill was to the refusal to allow defendants to file an answer to the written objections of the state to a change of venue sought by the defense; and the *196second was reserved to the further refusal to allow a supplemental motion for a change of venue.

Nothing having been said, either -in oral argument or in brief about these bills, we take it that both have…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. GuagliardoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
  3. State v. WoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
  4. State v. LearySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  2. Powell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  4. State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  5. State v. FallonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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