State v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Ninth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Red River. Hall, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
Defendants appeal from a conviction and sentence on a charge of burglary and larceny.
The indictment was found by a grand jury composed of twelve under the provisions of the recently adopted Constitution of the State. It was met by a motion to quash on the ground that at the date of the alleged commission of the crimes charged the Constitution of 1898 had not been adopted, and, hence, the accused were entitled to have a grand jury empaneled, composed of sixteen of their countrymen, to pass upon the charges and return a true bill. It was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Noe v. KnopLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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