State v. Jolivette
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twentieth District Court for the Parish of St. Martin. Mouton, J.
1Opinion of the Court
*510The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, O. J.
The defendant was indicted for burglary and larceny, and on a conviction was sentenced to bard labor for one year.
On the 29th of September, 1890, he was allowed an appeal “returnable according to law."
The Supreme Oourt held sessions in Shreveport in October following. The transcript of appeal was not filed at all at Shreveport, bnt was filed on March 21, 1891, more than three months after, at New Orleans, where it does not belong.
Under the law the appeal was returnable at Shreveport, where the transcript should have been seasonably filed.
2Cited by1 opinion
- State v. VaughnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918