State v. Reed

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Twice, under this indictment for murder, has the accused been convicted, and twice has the death penalty been passed upon him.

In the 49th La. An. 704, will be found the report of the appeal on the first trial. On an erroneous ruling of the trial judge, there explained, the verdict and sentence was set aside and the case remanded.

A second trial below resulted in a similar verdict and sentence, and the case is again before us on appeal.

The grounds upon which reversal is now asked are embodied in four bills of exception.

The first relates to…