State v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh. Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul LSche, Judge. Alex Cunningham was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The defendant was charged with having taken the life of Jos. Schneider.
The grand jury of the parish of Ascension found a true bill against him on the 25th day of February, 1909.
The date of the alleged crime was November 21, 1908.
He was placed on his defense, and on the 10th day of March, 1909, he was found guilty without capital punishment.
He appealed, and presents as grounds for reversing the verdict and the judgment that hearsay testimony was permitted to go to the jury, and in the second place that the district attorney in closing his argument referred to evidence which had been excluded…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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