Legal Opinion
State v. Lea
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 7, 1955No. 42505PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The defendant, Robert Lea, was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of murder and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed from the conviction and sentence.
During the course of the trial, counsel for the defendant reserved eighteen bills of exception to the rulings of the trial court.
Bills of Exception Nos. 1, 2, and 4 were reserved to the refusal of the trial judge to quash the indictment on the ground that members of the Negro race were systematically excluded from the grand jury which indicted him, and the refusal of the trial judge to permit him to produce…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by40 opinions
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