State v. Avis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Adam Avis and Dreux Thomas were indicted for burglary, and defendant Thomas was convicted, and he appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.1
MONROE, C. J.
Further considerations of this case satisfies us that the trial judge was in error in holding that one of the two witnesses to the' supplementing of the general venire box, from which were drawn the petit jurors by whom defendant was tried, was a competent witness. The law (Act No. 58 of 1904, § 4, p. 137) declares that the members of * the ■ commission, or a majority of them, shall meet “in the presence of two or more competent and disinterested witnesses of lawful age, competent to read and write the English language.” From the examination of the witness above…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. FeazellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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- State v. GuillorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921