STATE v. JACKSON

No. 42177.

80 So.2d 105 (1955)

227 La. 642

STATE of Louisiana v. Carl JACKSON and Wilbert Smith.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Starring & Roy, Baton Rouge, for appellants.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. St. Clair Favrot, Dist. Atty., Jack P. F. Gremillion, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Carl Jackson and Wilbert Smith, two Negro juveniles 15 and 16 years of age respectively, were both charged with the crime of aggravated rape of a white woman, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. From their convictions and sentences they have appealed.

During the trial in the lower court approximately 30 bills of exception were perfected for consideration by this court. In this opinion, however, we shall discuss only a few of these...

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