STATE v. LEONARD

No. 42819.

88 So.2d 804 (1956)

230 La. 414

STATE of Louisiana v. Floveal LEONARD, Jr., alias Bubble Hall.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin C. Schilling, Jr., for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan S. Kemp, Dist. Atty., Amite, W. M. Dawkins, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denham Springs, Leonard E. Yokum, Asst. Dist. Atty., Hammond, for plaintiff-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant, a Negro, was prosecuted for the murder of Claude Bean, another Negro, whom he shot and killed on March 13, 1954. After the killing, appellant signed a statement in which he declared, among other things, that the deceased, who was a collector for a burial insurance company in which appellant's wife had a policy, came to his home located two miles west of Greensburg, Louisiana; that, while there...

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