Legal Opinion

State v. Ricks

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1880No. 7898PublishedCited by 19 opinions

APPEAL-from the Eighteenth Judicial' District Court, parish of Tangi-pahoa. Thompson, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Levy, J.

The defendant was indicted for manslaughter, tried; convicted and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the sentence and judgment he has appealed.

*1099The grounds on which he seeks the reversal of the judgment, are :

1st. Because the prisoner was absent from the court during portions of the trial. It is not contended or shown that any injury resulted from such' absence. The prisoner was under bond ; if he absented himself, it was voluntarily done by himself. The record shows that he was present during the arraignment,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. GeorgeLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1844

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
  3. Ex Parte StecklerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
  4. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975

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