State v. Butler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Roan Butler was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
" BREAUX, C. J.
Appeal from the Twenty-Fifth judicial district court, parish of Tangipahoa.
The accused was tried for murder, and was found guilty, without capital punishment. He appeals from a sentence at hard labor for the term of his natural life.
The Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that defendant escaped from the parish prison since the appeal was taken; that he is at large and a fugitive.
The facts relating to defendant’s escape and showing that he is a fugitive are sustained by the sworn statement of the sheriff of the parish of…
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