Legal Opinion
State v. Wood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 1, 1909No. 17,402PublishedCited by 10 opinions
. Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Armas Wood was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Defendant, a negro, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hanged.
Defendant was arrested on suspicion. While he was in jail, the sheriff told him that:
*1015“The court would be lenient on him if he made a confession. I told him if he would make a man out of himself, and make a confession, that I thought I would be able to help him out; that •the probabilities were his neck might be saved if he made a confession; that I would do all I could to save his neck. Q. Did you not tell him not to mention anything about your having made that promise to him ? A. Probably I might have told him that. Q.…
2Cited by10 opinions
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- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. WhitemanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
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