State v. Mangrum
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from, the Nineteenth District Court, Parish of Terrebonne. Goode, J. 1. Private counsel may appear in court and assist the State officer in the prosecution of a case. 23 An. 774. 2. The jury commission is not restricted to any one method of obtaining names of jurors.
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APPEAL from, the Nineteenth District Court, Parish of Terrebonne. Goode, J. 1. Private counsel may appear in court and assist the State officer in the prosecution of a case. 23 An. 774. 2. The jury commission is not restricted to any one method of obtaining names of jurors. If their selection is made from the citizens and bona fide residents of the parish where the court is holden, the selection and action are valid. 3. Ife is too late to examine a juror after he has been declared competent, particularly where he has already virtually answered the questions sought to be propounded. 4.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced, to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
He presents the following grounds for the reversal of the sentence :
*6201. “ That private counsel was permitted to aid the District Attorney in the prosecution.”
This question was settled in the case of the State vs. Anderson, 29 An. 774, where the prosecution was conducted exclusively by private counsel, the Attorney General and the District Attorney being absent and not participating at all in the trial, which was a much stronger case…
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