State v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM,¿(Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of shooting with intent to kill, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hard labor for a term of not less than one nor more than two years. He has appealed from that conviction and sentence.
There is only one bill of exception found in the record. This bill is leveled at the ruling of the trial judge refusing to permit the defendant to withdraw his former plea of not guilty for the purpose of filing motions to quash the indictment on the ground that the grand jury was illegally constituted, and to quash the petit jury venire on the same…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. SoileauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. MesserSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- State v. WardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007