Legal Opinion
State v. Sehon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 23, 1915No. 20951PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Union; J. B. Holstead, Judge. W. T. Sehon and others were convicted of manslaughter, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The appellants, W. T. Sehon, Gordon Sehon, and Ernest Sehon, were indicted and tried for the crime of manslaughter; they were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for seven, five, and three years, respectively.
[1] They excepted to the refusal of the trial judge to give the following special charge to the jury, viz.:
“If, while two men are fighting, two others engage in a fight on the same spot and one of them kills the other, the two first are not responsible for the killing, provided they in no way aided or abetted the killing.”
In his statement per curiam, the trial…
2Cited by6 opinions
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