Legal Opinion
State v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 26, 1945No. 37636PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
John Dorsey, Jr., Robert Green, and Marion Miller, all Negroes, were charged in a bill of indictment with the murder of one Hyman Barkoff, a white man. The defendant John Dorsey, Jr., was granted a severance on his own motion, placed on trial, convicted as charged, and sentenced to death. From this conviction and sentence he appealed, and for reversal relies on 11 bills of exception.
Bill of Exception No. 1.
On the trial of a motion to quash the bill of indictment, J. A. Palfrey, a witness for the State, gave the following testimony under direct examination by an assistant…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Pierre v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Thomas v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
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3Cited by92 opinions
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- State v. LelandOregon Supreme Court · 1951
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