State v. Willis

By Bill of Information, the State charged Willie D. “Calvin” Willis with aggravated criminal damage to property in violation of R.S. 14:55. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The judge sentenced the defendant to a term of ten (10) years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 1

The defendant has appealed, relying upon seven bills of exceptions reserved in the trial court. The first two bills raise the identical issues of whether or not the defendant’s motions to quash the petit jury venire and for a change of venue were erroneously overruled as was presented and decided in State…