Legal Opinion
State v. King
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 30, 1914No. 20,422PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from the Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Morehouse; B. G. Dawkins, Judge. .Theodore King was convicted of murder “without capital punishment” and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Defendant, having been prosecuted for murder and convicted “without capital punishment,” prosecutes this appeal, and presents his case upon the following bill of exception, to wit:
“Be it remembered that, on the trial of this ease, the accused having taken the witness stand and testified that he had no trouble with the deceased, and that he was drunk and just fired his pistol and killed the deceased, and all of the evidence having borne out this statement, the trial judge, in his charge to the jury, charged them that an accused was a competent witness in his own behalf, but that the jury…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Hollingsworth Magniac v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- La Casse v. New Orleans, T. & M. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
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- People v. Van EwanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. De La BeckwithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- State v. RiniSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State v. PoreeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- State v. ElbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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