State v. Johnson

By Bill of Information, the State, charged Alvin Johnson with simple arson, in violation of La.R.S. 14:51. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The judge sentenced the defendant to a term of eight (8) years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary * and to pay a fine of four thousand dollars ($4,000).

The defendant has appealed, relying, upon thirteen bills of exceptions reserved in the trial court. The first two bills raise the identical issues of whether or not the defendant’s motions to quash the petit jury,,, venire and for a change of venue were erroneously overruled as was…