Legal Opinion

State v. Patterson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 2, 1922No. 24882PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judieiál District Court, Parish of St. Charles; Prentice E. Edrington, Sr., Judge. Prank Patterson and others were indicted and Will Honor was convicted of burglary, and Honor appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

The defendant .Will Honor, jointly indicted with Prank Patterson, Will Owens, Clarence Sherman, and others for the crime of burglary and larceny, was tried by jury, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of 14 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. He has appealed, and relies, for the reversal of the verdict and sentence against him, upon a number of bills of exception.

[1,2] BUI of Exception No. 1. Defendant moved to quash the indictment in this case on the ground that it is indorsed, “True bill,” instead of, “A true bill,” and therefore fails to state the proper finding of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
  2. State v. GarigSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
  3. State v. FaheySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  4. State v. DiskinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  5. State v. NichollsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  2. State v. HatawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  3. State v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
  4. State v. HeintzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  5. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967

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