State v. Brown

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant was prosecuted for the crime of larceny from the person, as denounced by Act No. 133 of 1904, which crime is a felony under the laws of this State. He waived trial by jury, was tried by the judge, and convicted on April 17, 1936. He filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and bill No. 1 was reserved.

After the conviction and before sentence, the assistant district attorney filed a bill against defendant under Act No. 15 of 1928, charging that he was a third offender; that he had been convicted of-a felony in the criminal district court of the parish of…