Legal Opinion

State v. Willis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 3, 1920No. 23985PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Fronie Willis was convicted of larceny, and she appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.

Defendant appeals from a verdict of guilty of larceny, and bases her appeal for a reversal of the judgment on a motion in arrest of judgment reading as follows:

“That the minutes of the Twenty-Sixth judicial district court for the parish of St. Tammany do not show that the indictment was *115found by the grand jury, and was presented to the court.”

[1] A judgment may be arrested' only for an error appearing on the face of the record, and an objection which must be established by extrinsic proof is not a good ground for a motion in arrest. Section 224, 8 R. C. L. p. 228; section 45, 14 R. C. L. p.…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

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