Legal Opinion

State v. Hart

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 20, 1896No. 12,132PublishedCited by 5 opinions

A PPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Ferguson, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The accused appeals from the judgment refusing his application for a change of venue. The State moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the accused is allowed the appeal from the sentence, not from an interlocutory order or judgment.

The general principle is that errors in the orders or decisions of the lower court, made in the progress of the suit, must be presented to the appellate court on the appeal from the final judgment. If it were otherwise, and every question in the suit could be made the subject of an appeal, it is easy to see…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Casson v. CuretonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1822

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. HatawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. State v. BurnsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
  3. State v. CarterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  4. State v. PoolSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  5. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923

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