Legal Opinion

State v. Rogers

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 22, 1922No. 24988PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; J. A. Williams, Judge. Harry Sogers was convicted of murder, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

By the WHOLE COURT.

O’NIELL, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder, without capital punishment, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. It is said in his brief that he relies upon two hills of exception; but we find only one bill in the record, and that bill does not bear the signature of the trial judge.

[1] What is referred to as the second bill of exceptions is said to have been reserved to the overruling of defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment. That a bill of exceptions was not reserved, in this instance, is not important, because the minutes of the court show that the trial of the case…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
  2. State v. FarrisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  3. State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. JuggerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. State v. FossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  3. State v. SearsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
  4. State v. BrownfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  5. State v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939

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