Legal Opinion

State v. Bass

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 4, 1936No. 34070PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for the murder of his twenty-four year old son, who had at one time been confined to an insane asylum, but, at the time of his death, was residing with his father and stepmother.

The deceased was found dead in bed, in the family residence, on October 15, 1935, at 8 a. m., as a result of having been shot twice with a revolver, one bullet having entered the head slightly above and to the right of the right ear, lodging in the left cheek, and the other entering slightly below the right ear, passing through the head and lodging under the skin just above the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. State v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
  2. Commonwealth v. PiperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  3. Irby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
  4. State v. DunnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  5. Riggs v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. SturdivantSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
  2. Mrs. Marie Bish v. Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  3. State v. BurkhalterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  4. State v. DontigneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
  5. State v. GoreeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963

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