State v. Moody

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Juanita Moody, indicted for murder, was found guilty as charged by the jury and sentenced to death. She has appealed.

For reversal of the conviction and sentence appellant’s only contention is that the trial judge erred in overruling her motion in arrest of judgment. She argues in this motion that the indictment for murder in the instant case, which was drawn in the short form in conformity with R.S. IS :235, is null and void because that statute violates Article 1, Sections 2 and 10, of the Constitution of Louisiana and Amendments 5, 6, and 14 of the Constitution of the…