State v. McAllister

HAMLIN, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence to death for the murder of John O’Brien on July 26, 1960. LSA-R.S. 14:30. '

During the course of trial some confusion arose as to the numbering of bills of exceptions, but we find from the record that the trial judge assigned numbers to them; as thus numbered, we are presented with ten bills of exceptions for our consideration.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved when the trial judge overruled and denied defendant’s motion to quash the indictment filed against him.

In substance, the motion to quash was leveled primarily at…