Legal Opinion

State v. Hardy

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 25, 1918No. 22928PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermillion; W. W. Bailey, Judge. Cleveland Hardy was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.

Defendant, having been convicted of manslaughter under an indictment for murder, and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not less than five, nor more than six, years, prosecutes this appeal. It appears that he and his sister, the wife of the deceased, were jointly indicted, and that she was acquitted. 1-Ie has put in no appearance in this court, either in person or by counsel.

[1] 1. We find in the record a bill of exception to the ruling of the trial court in granting the request of the state that George Lege, k witness called by the state, be excepted from an order, granted on motion…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. HaabSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  2. State v. PalmerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. State v. BrossetteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  4. State Ex Rel. Moore v. WARDEN OF LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AT DeQUINCYSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. State v. BartonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945

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