State v. Flint
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the First Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. ' Taylor, J. (This case was originally decided at the October Term, in Shreveport, and transferred to New Orleans, where the Decision on the Rehearing was rendered.) First — Felonies and misdemeanors, forming part of the same transaction, may be joined, as in larceny and conspiracy to steal. Whart. Crim.
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APPEAL from the First Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. ' Taylor, J. (This case was originally decided at the October Term, in Shreveport, and transferred to New Orleans, where the Decision on the Rehearing was rendered.) First — Felonies and misdemeanors, forming part of the same transaction, may be joined, as in larceny and conspiracy to steal. Whart. Crim. Pleadings, 8th ed. pp. 291, 285. Second — It is not duplicity to couple successive statutory phrases in one count óf an indictment. Whart. Crim. Pleading, 8th ed. § 251. Third — Judgment will not be arrested on the ground that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the parish of Caddo for the crime and offence of forgery. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the Court to imprisonment at hard labor, in the State penitentiary, for the term of two years,, commencing from date of incarceration therein. When first arraigned, the prisoner pleaded not guilty and put himself on trial by a jury, and owing to the inability of the jury to agree, there was a mistrial. Two days afterwards, the prisoner was again arraigned and pleaded guilty, under which plea he was…
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