Legal Opinion
State v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1857PublishedCited by 8 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of St. John the Baptist, Duffel, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSpoeeord, J.
The State has appealed from ajudgment of the Fourth Judicial District Court, quashing an indictment preferred against the defendants for an alleged assault with a dangerous weapon, and inflicting a wound less than mayhem upon one Joseph Vielcnavr.
The appellees have moved to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground that the State has no right of appeal in criminal cases.
Under the Constitution of 1812 the Supreme Court had no criminal jurisdicdiction. The evils resulting from an unsettled and discordant administration of the criminal law by a multitude of tribunals, each empowered to decide in a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1845
- State v. MixLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1844
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. SangesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Viterbo v. FriedlanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Mary H. Shelp and Genevieve M. McKinney v. National Surety CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. HarangCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- State v. LabrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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