Case Name: The State of Louisiana vs. Ferdinand Edwards
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1884-10
Citations: 36 La. Ann. 863
Docket Number: No. 138
Parties: The State of Louisiana vs. Ferdinand Edwards.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 863–864

Head Matter:
No. 138.
The State of Louisiana vs. Ferdinand Edwards.
"Where an appeal ig talcen by a person convicted of a crime and under sentence, who escapes from custody during the pendency of his appeal, and who remains a fugitive,his appeal will be dismissed.
A PPEAL from the Second District Court, Parish of Bossier. X_L Drew, J.
J. A. W. Loughery, District Attorney, for the State, Appellee.
J. A. Snider for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to a life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appealed to this court and during the pendency of the appeal escaped from the jail in which he was confined. He was not re-arrested and is now a fugitive.
The district attorney moves to dismiss the appeal by reason of the above facts. The motion must prevail. A prisoner, under conviction and sentence, who has escaped from custody during the pendency of his appeal, cannot, by counsel, prosecute his appeal.
In the case of State vs. Wright, 32 Ann. 1017, while the fact of the escape was not fully established, on motion of the district attorney to continue the case, we granted the continuance. In this case there is no doubt of the escape and there is no reason whatever why the case should remain any longer on the docket.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.