State v. Butler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Franklin; S. R. Holstein, .'Judge. Jim Butler was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The defendant, indicted for murder and found guilty of manslaughter, has appealed from a sentence of imprisonment in the state penitentiary for ten years.
Defendant’s bill of exception to the overruling of his motion for a new trial is based on the ground that a member of the grand jury, which indicted the defendant, served on the petit jury which convicted him.
The counsel for the state objects to the consideration of this bill because it was signed six days after this appeal was granted by the court below.
In State v. Hauser, 112 La. 328, 36 South. 402, this court said:
“Bills of exception…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. GriggsbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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