State v. Bollero

The defendant was convicted of murder, without capital punishment, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, and he appeals.

His first reliance is upon an objection made by him to the allotment of his case in, the lower court. The criminal district of the parish of Orleans is divided into two sections, and cases are required to be apportioned to the sections by lot. The manner of the allotment is prescribed by the Constitution and by rule of court, as follows:

“Said court [meaning the criminal district court] * * * shall have authority * * * to adopt rules, not in conflict…