Legal Opinion

State v. Curtis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1892No. 10,985PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from the Thirteenth District Court for the Parish of Acadia. Lewis, J.

1Opinion of the Court

*321The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnbry, J.

The defendants were indicted for burglary, convicted and sentenced to hard labor for three years. They have appealed.

The defendants were prosecuted by information. In the information there are two counts, one for burglary and the other for “larceny. In the second count, the District Attorney in framing the information, probably using a blank form for the purpose, charges that “ the grand jurors aforesaid, under their oaths aforesaid, do further present,” etc. The District Attorney, on discovering the error on the same day, moved to amend the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
  2. State v. JackSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  3. State v. ReevesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
  4. State v. PowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  5. State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API