State v. Ewell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Feliciana; Jos. L. Colson, Judge. John P. Ewell was convicted of being an' accessory to the crime of forgery, and- he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
O’NIELL, J.
[1] The attorneys representing the state, averring that the order of appeal in this case was granted before the sentence was imposed, move to dismiss the appeal. The minutes of the court do not show, affirmatively, that the order of appeal was granted before the sentence was imposed. The proceedings with regard to the sentence, t-he motion for appeal, and order of appeal were had on the same day, and were recorded as contemporaneous proceedings. The fact that the clerk’s entries in the record are not in their proper order does not destroy the presumption…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. SisemoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935