State v. Green
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
*720McCALEB, Justice.
This is a prosecution for murder. Jim Covey, a white man over 80 years of age who lived in a cabin in the rear of the plantation of R. S. Wilds, near Wildsville, Concordia Parish, was found dead in the doorway of his cabin on October 23, 1951. An examination disclosed that his face 'and neck had been split open with a sharp instrument, presumably an axe; that his cabin had been ransacked and that the pocketbook he usually carried was missing. After an investigation lasting several days, the defendant, a Negro 36 years of age who also lived on the plantation of Mr. Wilds at a…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hill v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
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