State v. Davis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

State v. Davis

146 So. 319, 176 La. 641, 1933 La. LEXIS 1583

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedJanuary 30, 1933

DocketNos. 32172, 32173.

StatusPublished

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State v. Davis, 146 So. 319, 176 La. 641, 1933 La. LEXIS 1583 (La. 1933).

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Opinion

O’NIELL, C. J.

The defendant broke jail and escaped, after he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary and had appealed from the conviction and sentence; and he is yet a fugitive from justice. The state, therefore, through the Attorney General, has moved to dismiss the appeal. Article 548 of the Code of Crimina] Procedure provides that if the appellant in a criminal case be a fugitive from justice on the day the appeal is returnable, or on the day'fixed for hearing the appeal, the appeal will be dismissed.

The appeal is dismissed.

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O’NIELL, C. J.

The defendant broke jail and escaped, after he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary and had appealed from the conviction and sentence; and he is yet a fugitive from justice. The state, therefore, through the Attorney General, has moved to dismiss the appeal. Article 548 of the Code of Crimina] Procedure provides that if the appellant in a criminal case be a fugitive from justice on the day the appeal is returnable, or on the day'fixed for hearing the appeal, the appeal will be dismissed.

The appeal is dismissed.

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146 So. 319, 176 La. 641, 1933 La. LEXIS 1583, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-davis-la-1933.