STATE v. JONES

No. 42808.

88 So.2d 655 (1956)

230 La. 356

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Croom, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. St. Clair Favrot, Dist. Atty., Scallan E. Walsh, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for appellee.


SIMON, Justice.

Robert Jones was indicted for the crime of murder, tried before a jury, found guilty and sentenced to death. From his conviction and sentence he prosecutes this appeal, relying on three bills of exception.

Bill of Exception No. 1 is based on the complaint that the district attorney in his opening statement before the jury failed to state that he would introduce a confession made by the accused, but informed the jury that he would show by the...

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