State v. Davis
This text of 44 La. Ann. 972 (State v. Davis) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Louisiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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[973]*973The opinion of the court was delivered by
The defendant was indicted for larceny, convicted and sentenced. He appealed, and has filed the plea cf one year prescription to the prosecution.
The indictment charges the offence to have been committed on the - day of 1890.
It was found and presented on the 4th August, 1892. The causes for the suspension of prescription are not averred in the indictment.
The plea must prevail. Rev. Stat. 986; State vs. Victor, 36 An. 778; State vs. Joseph, 40 An. 5.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the verdict and sentence appealed from be annulled, canceled and' reversed, and the defendant discharged.
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