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STATE v. HOOVER

No. 40137.

54 So.2d 130 (1951)

219 La. 872

STATE v. HOOVER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Monk Zelden, Max Zelden, Dr. Hubert Winston Smith and George O'Dowd. all of New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden, Dist. Atty., George J. Gulotta, Executive Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

MOISE, Justice.

Louis Eugene Hoover was tried for murder, found guilty as charged and sentenced to death. He has appealed.

There were sixteen bills of exception reserved during the trial, but since we must set aside the verdict because of prejudicial error found in Bill No. 13, a discussion of the other bills would be vain and useless.

Bill No. 13 recites that in the closing argument of the Assistant District...

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