State v. Logan

Citations

• 104 La. 760

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. When two. defendants, charged with the same offense, are- tried together, and a bill of exceptions to the admission of evidence is reserved by one of them, who is thereafter acquitted, the other defendant is not entitled to- claim any advantage under the bill so reserved unless it Is thereby made to appear, upon the face of the record, that an error has been committed to his prejudice.</p> <p>2'. In Act No. 63 ©f 1S84, the word “extort” is used in its ordinary, as contra-distinguished from the technical, sense, in which it is used in Section 868 of the Revised Statutes, and, as so used, applies to persons generally, and signifies “the taking or obtaining of anything from another by means, of illegal compulsion,” whether upon a claim of right or otherwise.</p> <p>3. Where there is no hill ©f exceptions It must Be clear upon the face- of the record that an error has been committed to the prejudice of the defendant or the judgment against him will not Be reversed. A doubt will he resolved in favor of the validity of the action of the trial court.</p>