State v. Hicks

Citations

• 113 La. 779
• 37 So. 753
• 1905 La. LEXIS 774

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — TRIAL—INSTRUCTION ON TIIB FACTS.</p> <p>1. Under Rev. St. 1870, § 785, the jury, in any trial for murder, may bring in a verdict of manslaughter; and where the trial judge, charging the jury in the language of that section, intimates that, in his opinion, it has no application to the case then being tried, he trenches upon the facts, in violation of Rev. St. 1870, § 991, and the conviction of murder must be set aside.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>