Legal Opinion
State v. Pierre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1941No. 36069PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
Hugh Pierre was tried, convicted, and.. sentenced under an indictment for the murder of Ignace Roussell, and from his. conviction and sentence to hang he has. appealed.
The record reveals that as the result of ‘ a controversy between the accused and.. Leopold Ory over a plow during the afternoon of October 20, 1936, a warrant for his (Pierre’s) arrest on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill was issued upon the affidavit of Ory filed before the Justice of the Peace for the First Ward of St. John the Baptist Parish. On the same evening, at about 7, the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Neal v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Pierre v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Eubanks v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- State v. CliftonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State v. NicholsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Jenkins v. BaldwinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
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