State v. Sheard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Roman, J. 1. An assignment of errors in criminal, as in civil cases, must be written and filed within ten days after the filing of the record.
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APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Roman, J. 1. An assignment of errors in criminal, as in civil cases, must be written and filed within ten days after the filing of the record. Art. 862, C. P.: 13 An. 863. , 2. “In like manner it is obvious, and so it is often stated to the jury, that a good character can have little or no practical weight with them in a clear case, where the evidence against the prisoner is direct and otherwise satisfactory.11 Bishop on Crira. Proc., Sec. 1063; Vol. 1 Crim. Law Mag., p. 800; Vol. % p. 261; Vol 3, pp. 256, 421 and 757.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
The defendant Jake Sheard, charged with murder, was tried arid convicted of manslaughter, and from a sentence of ten years’ imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary, has appealed.
Without filing any written assignment of errors, his counsel suggests in his brief one single error, upon which he relies for a reversal. of the sentence.
It is this:
That the Judge charged the jury, “ that in a case of this kind evidence of character for peace and quiet is always admissible on behalf of the accused. But lawful as it is to introduce such evidence,…
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