Legal Opinion

State v. Cavanah

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 25, 1957No. 43093PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the violation of R.S. 14:89, relative to crime against *567nature, in that he had unnatural carnal copulation with a ten year old boy and, after a trial, was found guilty of attempted crime against nature. Following imposition of a sentence to serve two years and six months at hard larbor in the State Penitentiary, this appeal was taken, in which appellant relies on three bills of exceptions taken during the proceedings for a reversal of his conviction.

Bill No. 1 was reserved to the alleged failure of the judge to charge the jury wholly in writing, as…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. CarrollWyoming Supreme Court · 1937
  2. State v. BessaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  3. State v. RiniSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. State v. GriggsbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. EubanksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960

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