State v. Harper

FOURNET, Justice.

The defendant, Tom Harper, having been convicted of the crime of “attempted manslaughter” under a charge by indictment of “attempt to murder” and sentenced to serve 18 months at hard labor in the state penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal, contending that his conviction and sentence should be reversed since there is no such crime in Louisiana as “attempted manslaughter,” and such crime is not responsive to a charge of “attempt to murder” since “an intent is necessary for conviction under the Attempt Statute of the State of Louisiana” and “there is no intent in the crime of…