State v. Trivas
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Ninth Judicial District Court, parish of Rapides. Blackman, J. First — Dying declarations are matters of fact, over which this Court has no jurisdiction. Second — An exception to the ruling of the Court will not prevail where the accused'has suffered no injury thereby. Third — Malice is presumed from willful killing.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Oonrt was delivered by
Poché, J.
From a verdict finding him guilty of murder, and a judgment of the Court, sentencing him to death, the accused has taken this appeal, and relies for relief on five bills of exceptions, which are in ■substance as follows:
First — “ The accused objected to the testimony of Dr. S. G. Compton, and Mrs. Mary Hanna, as laying the basis for the introduction of the dying declarations of the deceased, on the ground that it was not the dying declarations of the deceased, but merely answers to interrogatories propounded to deceased, by said DA Compton and…
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