State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District, Parish of St. Martin — Foster, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment of-the District Court sentencing him to hard labor in the penitentiary for ten years.
In the lower court he unsuccessfully moved to quash the indictment, to arrest the judgment, and to obtain a new trial.
His counsel in his brief calls our attention to the fact that the defendant had pleaded not guilty, had waived trial by jury, been tried before the district judge without a jury, found guilty, and been sentenced to hard labor.
The matter to which our attention has been thus directed we are forced…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brown v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
- Arnold v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by7 opinions
- In re DawsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. BeebeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- State v. GarrisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- State v. PorterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Commonwealth v. HallPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1926
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