STATE v. JAMES

No. 45478.

128 So.2d 21 (1961)

241 La. 233

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert JAMES, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Comegys, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Robert James, Jr., charged with murder, was tried, found guilty as charged without capital punishment, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Several bills of exception, timely reserved and perfected, present only two questions for our decision on appeal.

The first question involves the validity of the indictment. The indictment under which appellant was convicted was drawn in the short form authorized by Article 235 of the Code of Criminal...

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