State v. Carroll
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Charles Carroll and Avie Fontenot were convicted of manslaughter, and Fontenot alone appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Charles Carroll and Avie Fontenot were prosecuted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and duly sentenced. Fontenot alone has appealed. The transcript discloses two bills of exception, from which it appears:(1) That both defendants took the stand, and that Fontenot “established, by a number of witnesses, a most excellent character for *967truth and veracity, as well as for peace and quiet”; that there was some conflict between the testimony of the state’s witnesses and that of the defendants'; that the district attorney, in making his closing argument, attacked the testimony of the defendants,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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