Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Samuel BRUMFIELD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1954-07-02
Citations: 226 La. 103
Docket Number: No. 41826
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Samuel BRUMFIELD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 103–105

Head Matter:
75 So.2d 23
STATE of Louisiana v. Samuel BRUMFIELD.
No. 41826.
July 2, 1954.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 5, 1954.
Neal N. Bagwell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph A. Sims, Dist. Atty., Hammond, Grover L. Covington, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kentwood, Erlo J. Durbin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denham Springs, for appellee.

Opinion:
LE BLANC, Justice.
The defendant was indicted, tried and found guilty of the theft of a cow. Upon being sentenced to be imprisoned at hard labor in the State Penitentiary for a period of four years, he took and perfected the present appeal, having reserved certain hills of exception which appear in the record.
On the day his case had been fixed and was called for argument and submission in this Court, he made no appearance either in person or through counsel and no brief was filed on his behalf. Under those circumstances the Court would he justified in dismissing the appeal. However, as we have done before in similar situations in criminal cases, we examined the entire record to ascertain whether or not there are any errors patent on its face and having found none will follow the course heretofore pursued of affirming the judgment. See State v. De Soto, 221 La. 624, 60 So.2d 65; State v. Weaver, 222 La. 148, 62 So.2d 255.
For the reasons stated, the conviction and sentence are affirmed.