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STATE v. OLIPHANT

No. 40539.

56 So.2d 846 (1952)

220 La. 489

STATE v. OLIPHANT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Ponder, Jr., Amite, and Grover L. Covington, Kentwood, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph A. Sims, Dist. Atty., Hammond, Duncan S. Kemp, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Amite, and Joseph D. Lupo, Asst. Atty., Independence, for appellee.

MOISE, Justice.

Robert Daniel Oliphant was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Lou Allen in the Parish of Tangipahoa on February 6, 1951, and was sentenced to death by electrocution. From the conviction and sentence he has appealed.

During the course of the trial ten bills of exception were reserved, forming the basis of this appeal, two of which we find to be of sufficient merit to warrant a reversal and new trial.

Bills Two and Three were taken to the...

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