State v. Whittaker

The defendant was tried and convicted under an indictment charging him with the sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Before being sentenced, he was asked by the court if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon him, and the record fails to show that accused made any request of any kind before sentence was imposed. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $400 and to imprisonment for 60 days in the parish jail, and, in default of payment of fine, to be confined in prison an additional 10 months.

On the day following the sentence, defendant…