Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Mitchell BAXTER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-03-09
Citations: 343 So. 2d 733
Docket Number: No. 59358
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Mitchell BAXTER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 343
Pages: 733–734

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Mitchell BAXTER.
No. 59358.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 9, 1977.
Lyman Gore, Philip A. LeTard, Vidalia, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. C. Falken-heiner, Dist. Atty., Glenn Gremillion, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case involves an appeal by defendant Mitchell Baxter, prior to sentencing, from a denial of a motion for a new trial. The appellate jurisdiction of this Court, however, does not extend to such matters. Where, as in the instant case, a defendant has been convicted of a felony, he may appeal to the supreme court only from a final judgment, i. e. following the imposition of sentence. La.Const. art. 5, § 5(D) (1974); La.C.Cr.P. arts. 912, 912.1.
Accordingly the appeal is dismissed as premature.