State v. Phelps
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Charles Phelps was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The appellant was indicted and tried for murder, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 15 years. His counsel reserved four bills of exception during the trial. Only those reserved to the rulings of the trial judge, allowing the state to introduce in evidence the confessions of the accused, are urged on appeal or argued in the briefs filed by appellant’s counsel.
The complaint is that the confessions were not free and voluntary. In support of this, it is shown that the accused is a colored boy, about 16 years of age, below the standard…
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