State v. Gauthreaux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Clemile Gauthreaux was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Clemile Gauthreaux and his two brothers were prosecuted for murder; the brothers were acquitted; Clemile was convicted of manslaughter, and he has appealed. Bills 1, 2, and 3 present the point that the state was allowed six peremptory challenges to each twelve that were allowed to the defendants, to which they objected and excepted.
[1] Under the law as it stood prior to the adoption of' the Revised Statutes of 1870, and as therein incorporated, the “defendant,” in a prosecution involving imprisonment at hard labor “or more,” was entitled to twelve peremptory challenges, and the state to six.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. CaronSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- State v. HaabSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- State v. WestSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- State v. CoffilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
- State v. SevinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Chamberlain v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917