State v. Hall

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendant, Romie Hall, was charged by bill of information with violating Article 32 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, it being alleged that he “did commit the crime of negligent homicide by killing one Mrs. Walter Carey.” Defendant waived his right to trial by jury and was tried and found guilty by the judge. Thereafter defendant filed a motion for a new trial which was overruled, and defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of three years.

Article 32 of the Criminal Code, on which the prosecution is based, defines negligent homicide as the…