State v. Martin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
On Rule to Set Aside Judgment of Forfeiture. ON APPEAL from the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Helena. — Reid, J.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
The State is appellant from a decree making absolute a rule declaring a judgment of forfeiture of an appearance bond satisfied.
The appeal is met by a motion to dismiss on the ground that the case is a criminal proceeding in which no right of appeal exists in-.the State from the'ruling and judgment of the court a qua.
That the State has the constitutional right of appeal in certain-criminal proceedings, even though there be lacking express legislative enactment on the subject, is not an open question, and the…
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