State v. Wimby
Supreme Court of Louisiana
' Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Corinne Wimby was convicted of murder, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendant was indicted Sor murder, tried and fóund guilty without •capital punishment. She appeals from a :sentence-of imprisonment for life in the penitentiary.
Defendant relies for reversal of the verdict and sentence on two bills of exception.
1. Defendant moved to quash the indictment on the ground that Hawkins Carrol, one saf .the grand jury that found the indictment, was -incompetent to serve as a grand juror, ¡because he had not been a bona fide resident -af .the parish of Calcasieu for one year next preceding his said service as required by Act 135 of 1898, p. 216, § 1.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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