State v. Bouline

Citations

• 107 La. 454

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. In the motion in arrest of judgment, the defendant averred, without reference to any particular ruling of the District Court, that errors had been committed prejudicial to his defense. It is settled by repeated decisions that in a motion in arrest of judgment, in order to be entitled to relief, the defendant must set forth the errors the record shows to his prejudice.</p> <p>2. Although this is the well settled rule, the court examined the record and found no error falling within the scope of a motion in arrest of judgment.^</p> <p>3. It is within the discretion of the court a qua after verdict and after the filing of a motion m arrest of judgment to order, in the presence of the defendant, in open court, the minutes to be corrected and made to correspond with the facts of the case. The record does not show that the facts of the case were not as stated in the minutes.</p>