State v. Green

The accused was tried for murder and convicted of manslaughter. His appeal presents two bills of exception; one as to the overruling of his motion in arrest of judgment, and the other as to the admission of certain evidence over his objection.

I

The motion in arrest of judgment was made upon the ground that the verdict is not responsive to the indictment, in that it does not find the defendant guilty; said verdict reading, “We, all the jurors, find guilted [guilty] of manslaughter.”

The motion is without merit. In State v. Florez, 5 La. Ann. 429, this court said:

• “It is lastly urged that the…