Legal Opinion

State v. Carter

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 3, 1941No. 36049PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAND, Justice.

The defendant, indicted for the murder of John Lee Gibson in the Parish of Rich-land, was tried by jury, found guilty of manslaughter, and, after the overruling of a motion for new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment, was sentenced to serve at hard labor in the State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a period of not less than five and not more than fifteen years.

On appeal from the conviction and sentence against him, defendant presents for consideration by this court six bills of exceptions. Bills Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 were reserved to the ruling of the judge a quo…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. State v. DreherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  2. State v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  3. State v. JoinerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  4. State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  5. State v. ScarbrockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  3. State v. RichardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
  4. State v. KnightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  5. Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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