State v. Mehojovich
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; Joshua G. Baker, Judge. Lazar Mehojovich, alias George Morris, was convicted of rape, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Four days after an appeal had been allowed in this case the trial court made an order instructing the clerk not to include in the transcript of appeal a certain part of defendant’s motion for a new trial. Defendant included in his motion for a new trial a synopsis of the evidence in the case, and it is this synopsis which the trial court thought ought not to appear in the transcript.
Subject to the rule of decorum and the rule of not trifling with the court — In other words, *1015subject to the right of the trial judge to maintain good order in his court — the form and contents of a motion for new…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Haab v. MoiseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- State v. FoldenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- State v. MehojovichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907