Case ID: mann-unrep-cas_1/html/0120-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Manning, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 7119.
    The State vs. Jefferson Denis.
    Where the transcript does not shew that the prisoner pleaded, or was arraigned, the conviction will be set aside, and a new trial ordered.
    Appeal from the Superior Criminal Court of New Orleans. Whitaker, J.
    The Attorney-General and Brice for the State. Cutler for Defendant.
   Manning, C. J.

It is so absolutely necessary in a criminal prosecution that there should be a plea by the accused, that if he refuses to plead, the court will order that the plea of not guilty be made for him and be entered of record.

Arraignment and plea in a prosecution for murder are so indispensable that their absence vitiates the trial.

Judgment reversed, verdict set aside, and new trial ordered.