State v. Cormier

Two indictments were returned on the same day against defendants, one of which charges ■them with cutting Gabriel Thibodeaux with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder, and the other with hilling and slaying Leonce Thibodeaux. Defendants were tried on the indictment, charging the offense of cutting with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder, and were convicted of the included offense of cutting with intent to kill, and were sentenced accordingly.

After the affirmance of the sentence by this court (131 So. 36i), the state undertook to prosecute defendants under the indictment, charging…