Legal Opinion

Lewis ex rel. Lewis v. Henderson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 17, 1971No. 51550PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

Writ denied.

At the evidentiary hearing below,, the proof shows that counsel was present: with the defendants at their sentencing, and' we cannot say that the trial court erred in accepting the testimony of counsel that he-was present, and the testimony of the general practice of the court in requiring counsel to be present, as disproving the allegations of the petition to the contrary'.

With regard to the averment that the indictment was fatally defective because not endorsed by the foreman of the grand jury, see State v. Stoma, 199 La. 529, 6 So.2d 650, former La.R.S. 15:3 (1950), cf.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. StomaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. JackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. State v. BecnelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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