Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 12, 1917No. 22317PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Pointe Coupee; Joseph E. Le Blanc, Jr., Judge. Berryman Davis was convicted of shooting with intent to murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendant was charged on information with the crime of shooting with intent to murder.
He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary for not less than 1 nor more than 21 years.
Defendant has appealed, and his counsel relies for reversal mainly on bill of exceptions No. 5, which reads as follows:
“Be it remembered that on the trial of this cause that the district attorney in his opening argument stated to the jury that the prosecuting witness did not have even a poeketknife on him when he was shot, to which remark counsel for the accused…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- State v. NicolosiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- State v. ScottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. BurrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943