Case Name: The State of Louisiana v. Laurent Frank
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-03
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 213
Docket Number: No. 3108
Parties: The State of Louisiana v. Laurent Frank.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 213–213

Head Matter:
No. 3108.
The State of Louisiana v. Laurent Frank.
In a criminal trial for a capital offense, the jurors are not permitted to separate j and if a separation takes place, misconduct and abuso will always be presumed and a new trial ordered.
APPEAL from the. Fourth Judicial District, parish of St. Charles.
Beauvais, J. John A. Cheevers, District Attorney, for the State.
B. King Gutter and 3P. 33. JEarhart, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Wyly, J.
On an indictment for murder the defendant was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and, being sentenced to the Penitentiary ior ten years, he has appealed.
On a motion for new trial it was shown that there was a separation of the jury twice during the progress of the trial.. In capital cases it is well settled, that jurors are not permitted to separate, and that upon a separation misconduct and abusé will always be'presumed. State v. Hornsby, 8 R. 554; State v. Crosby, 4 An. 435; State v. Evans, 27 An. 321.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be sot aside and annulled, and that this case be remanded for new trial, and to be. proceeded in according to law.