STATE v. CARTER

No. 41825.

74 So.2d 902 (1954)

226 La. 57

STATE of Louisiana v. David CARTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal N. Bagwell and Harrison G. Bagwell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph A. Sims, Dist. Atty., Hammond, Grover L. Covington, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kentwood, Erlo J. Durbin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denham Springs, for appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted and sentenced by the court to four years in the State Penitentiary for the theft of a cow. Article 67.1, Louisiana Criminal Code, LSA-R.S. 14:67.1.

When the appeal was called for hearing before this Court, none of the Bills of Exception were argued orally, nor has a brief been filed by the defendant.

The rule of law is that, under circumstances such as these, the presumption is that the appeal has been abandoned...

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