State v. Heintz

The defendant was convicted of robbery, and sentenced to serve not less than nine nor more than fourteen years at hard labor in the state penitentiary, and appealed.

The only bill of exception argued before this court is the one reserved to the ruling of the trial court refusing to grant defendant a new trial.

The basis of the motion is that since the trial and conviction defendant has discovered new evidence which it is alleged was not discovered before the trial, and which, if admitted on a second trial, would change the results.

The only new evidence discovered by defendant is that which, it…