Legal Opinion

State v. Adam

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 15, 1888No. 232PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of St. Martin. Moiüon, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.,

On a. conviction of murder, without capital punishment, the defendant was sentenced for life, to hard labor.

On appeal, he complains that the lower court erred, 1st. in overruling his motion to quash: 2d, in refusing an application for a continuance, and, 3d, in allowing certain testimony.

I

The motion to quash rests upon the ground that the district attorney was present before the grand jury during a part of the examination of the witnesses.

Conceding that a motion to quash can be predicated on such ground, there is nothing to show that…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pittman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
  2. United States v. WellsDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1908
  3. State v. GoodsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  4. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
  5. State v. BickhamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945

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