State v. Edwards

Citations

• 106 La. 674

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus</p> <p>1. The evidence, taken out of the presence of the jury and brought up with the bills of exception in this case, fully sustains the ruling of the trial judge, to the effect that the confessions attributed to the defendants were made freely and voluntarily and without the inducements of promises or threats, and such rulings will, in no case, be disturbed unless clearly erroneous.</p> <p>2. In the cross-examination of one of the defendants, who had taken the stand as a witness in his own behalf, his attention was directed to the time, place, and circumstance of a statement attributed to him and said to be at variance with his testimony, and he admitted the ijrobability of having made such statement. 'Thereafter, upon cross-examination of the person to whom the statement was said to have been made, and who had been introduced as a witness on behalf of the co-defendant, he was asked whether such statement had been made to him, to which he replied in the affirmative. The overruling of the objection that the question was not germane to the testimony elicited upon the direct examination of the witness and that it served to introduce an alleged confession by the defendant was not, under the circumstances, reversible error.</p> <p>3. Neither general allegations as to errors of law, nor special allegations as to errors concerning facts, submitted to and found by the jury, will be considered by this court as grounds for the reversal of the ruling of the district judge in denying an application for new trial.</p>