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STATE v. JACKSON

No. 51240.

256 So.2d 627 (1972)

260 La. 561

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew Lee JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alwine L. Mulhearn, Tallulah, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., John T. Seale, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Jackson appeals from conviction of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and sentence to fifteen years in the penitentiary. We find that the error complained of by Bill of Exceptions No. 8 requires reversal.

This bill was taken to the admission, over objection, of inculpatory statements made by the accused to a police officer the day after he was arrested for killing his father, the crime for which convicted. The principal basis for the...

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