State v. Thomas

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of forgery, La.R.S. 14:72, and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.

The defendant perfected no bills of exceptions. On his appeal, therefore, our review is limited to error discoverable from a review of the pleadings and proceedings (i. e., a review limited to errors patent on the face of the record). La.C.Cr.P. Art. 920; State v. Ash, 257 La. 337, 242 So.2d 535 (1971).

The defendant’s court-appointed counsel urges three such patent errors as cause for reversal. The most serious is the contention that the (bill of) information is fatally…