State v. Goodson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches; Charles Vernon Porter, Judge. Thomas Goodson and others were convicted of murder, and appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
The defendants Tom Goodson, Antoine Mahlfous, alias Mack Abraham, were indicted with Jules Silvie for the murder of one Ozeme Desidiere. The two former were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. They were tried and convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for • life. Silvie was not arraigned, nor tried. The parties convicted appealed.
The first complaint made was when the accused were arraigned and the case fixed for trial. At that time counsel for Goodson and *392Mahlfous objected to the nonarraignment of Silvie, and to the fixing of the case, on the ground that…
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