State v. Flanakin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Sabine; Don. E. So Relie, Judge. James S. Flanakin was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Defendant having been tried under an indictment charging him with murder, the jury brought in a verdict reading as follows:
“We, your jury, beg leave to return a verdict of manslaughter. E. ,P. Curtis, Foreman.”. Defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the jury had failed to find him guilty or not guilty, and had brought in no verdict which would afford a sufficient basis for a sentence; and, the motion having been overruled, he took his bill of exception.
The motion should have been sustained. The jury was expected by its verdict to answer the question, “Is the…
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