STATE v. CANNON

No. 43134.

93 So.2d 200 (1957)

231 La. 877

STATE of Louisiana v. John B. CANNON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Giglio, III, James J. Dormer, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin L. Blewer, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. The appeal is predicated upon four bills of exception.

Bills of Exception 1, 2, and 3 were taken to the ruling of the trial judge excluding the introduction of evidence of bad character on the part of the deceased. These three bills recite that: "the evidence that had been previously adduced showed an overt act in the `walking toward the defendant of the deceased at the time of the shooting and...

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