STIDHAM v. SOWERS

No. 51244.

255 So.2d 740 (1971)

260 La. 200

Homer STIDHAM v. Louis M. SOWERS, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Stacey Moak, Sp. Counsel, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Maurice J. Wilson, Jr., Public Defender, for plaintiff-appellee.


HAMLIN, Justice:

The Court of Appeal, First Circuit, ex proprio motu issued an order, March 9, 1971, transferring the present appeal to this Court. It stated that it had examined the record and found that the following defect affected its jurisdiction to consider the appeal, "The appeal taken is incidental to a criminal action." The matter was argued here on November 12, 1971; at that time our appellate jurisdiction was questioned, and, infra, we shall determine that...

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