Case ID: la_137/html/0535-01.html
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Author: {"author": "SOMMERVILLE, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(68 South. 945)
    No. 21388.
    STATE v. BARRETT.
    (June 7, 1915.)
    
      (Syllabus by the Court,)
    
    Criminal Law <&wkey;1092 — Appeal — Biles op Exceptions — Peesentation and Signing.
    In criminal cases bills of exceptions must be presented to and be signed by the judge of the trial court before an appeal is taken.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2803, 2829, 2834-2861, 2919; Dec. Dig. <&wkey;>1092.]
    Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lincoln; John B. I-Iolstead, Judge.
    Willis Barrett was convicted of crime, and appeals.
    Affirmed.
    R. B. Dawkins and S. D. Pearce, both of Ruston, for appellant. R. G-. Pleasant, Atty. Gen. (H. B. Warren, Dist. Atty., of Ruston, O. M. Grisham, of Winfield, and G. A. Gondran, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.
   SOMMERVILLE, J.

The four bills of exceptions found in this record were presented to and signed by the judge of the district court after an appeal had been taken by the defendant to the Supreme Court. The appeal was granted April 15, 1915; and the several bills of exceptions were filed on April 23 and May 5, 1915, respectively. Under the authority of the opinion recently rendered in the case No. 21334 of the docket of this court, entitled State of Louisiana v. Jim Butler, 137 La. 525, 68 South. 859, and the authorities therein cited, all bills of exceptions reserved to the rulings of the district court should be presented to and be signed by the judge of that court before an appeal is granted. The record does not show that time was granted for the presentation of any one of the bills of exceptions. State v. Hauser, 112 La. 313, 328, 36 South. 396; State v. Ruffin, 117 La. 357, 41 South. 647; State v. Griggsby, 117 La. 1046, 42 South. 497.

Judgment affirmed.