STATE v. LEA

No. 42505.

84 So.2d 169 (1955)

228 La. 724

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert E. LEA.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Dowling, Louis P. Trent, New Orleans, for appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon D. Hubert, Jr., Dist. Atty., Edward A. Haggerty, Jr., James C. Garrison, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

The defendant, Robert Lea, was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of murder and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed from the conviction and sentence.

During the course of the trial, counsel for the defendant reserved eighteen bills of exception to the rulings of the trial court.

Bills of Exception Nos. 1, 2, and 4 were reserved to the refusal of the trial judge to quash the indictment on the ground that members of...

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