State v. Lonigan

I do not reach the question of whether the trial judge’s ruling on the special charges constituted a comment upon the evidence.

The complaint that the trial judge commented upon the evidence was made for the first time in a motion for a new trial.

Subject to exceptions not pertinent here, Article 841 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure provides:

“An irregularity or error in the proceedings cannot be availed of after verdict unless it is objected to at the time of its occurrence and a bill of exceptions is reserved to the adverse ruling of the court on such objection. Failure to reserve a…