Legal Opinion
State v. Kinchen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1910No. 18,047PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. -Ellis, Judge. ■ Ben Kinehen appeals from a conviction.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The defendant, Ben Fin-chen, was indicted, tried, and convicted on the charge of having been an accessory before the fact to the murder of John O. Bre-land by Garfield Kinehen and 'Avery Blount.
Section 785, Rev. St., provides that:
“There shall be no crime known under the name of murder in the second degree, but on trials for murder the jury may find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter.”
And section 972, Rev. St., provides that the punishment of the accessory shall be the same as that of the principal.
In State v. Thomas, 50 La. Ann. 148, 23 South. 250, and other cases it was held by this court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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