State v. Crittenden

LeBLANC, Justice.

On February 11, 1948 a Grand Jury for the Parish of Sabine returned an indictment in the district court of that parish charging the defendant with the crime of manslaughter. He was tried on that indictment on February 18, 1948 and a verdict of negligent homicide was returned by the jury which had been impaneled to hear his case. Upon being sentenced to the State Penitentiary he appealed to this Court. On the appeal the conviction and sentence were set aside on June 15, 1948 and the case was remanded to the lower court for a new trial. See 214 La. 81, 36 So.2d 645.

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