State v. Dodson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. Lee Dodson was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommervjlle, J.
Defendant was charged with murder, convicted of manslaughter, and appeals from a sentence condemning him to serve six years in the penitentiary.
[1] Defendant objected to going to trial on the ground that a true copy of the indictment found against him had not been served upon him, in that the copy did not contain the names of the witnesses for the state which were indorsed on the original indictment.
No law requires the state to furnish defendant, in the indictment, in the information, or elsewhere, with the names of the witnesses for the state; and the objection that the names of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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