Case Name: State of Louisiana vs. Robert E. Powers
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1900-04
Citations: 52 La. Ann. 1254
Docket Number: No. 13,459
Parties: State of Louisiana vs. Robert E. Powers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 1254–1255

Head Matter:
No. 13,459.
State of Louisiana vs. Robert E. Powers.
Syllabus.
Where, on a criminal appeal, the transcript of the case contains no bill of exeeptions, no motion in arrest of judgment, no assignment of errors, and no defect in the proceedings leading up to the conviction and sentence of the appellant appears patent on the lace of the record, there is riothing for the court to act upon and affirmation of the judgment follows.
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans— Moise, J.
Milton J. Cunningham, Attorney General, and Joseph E. Generally, Assistant District Attorney, (Charles M. Cunningham, of Counsel), for Plaintiff, Appellee.
Walter II. Rogers for Defendant, Appellant.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
On a charge of embezzlement the defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to hard labor for eight months in the State Penitentiary.
From the sentence and judgment he appeals.
The transcript of the case contains no bill of exceptions, no motion in arrest of judgment and no assignment of errors. Neither does any defect in the proceedings leading up to his conviction appear patent upon the face of the record.
There is, hence, nothing in contestation for the court to act upon.
State vs. Potter and Muller, 33 La. 795; State vs. Williams, 37 La. Ann. 311; State vs. Wire, 38 La. Ann. 684; State vs. Darrow, 39 La. Ann. 677.
Judgment affirmed.