State v. Weston

Citations

• 107 La. 45

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. .The time for urging objection to the charge of the judge to the jury is before the retirement of the jury. Such objections, if urged for the first time on motion for new trial, will not be considered by this court.</p> <p>2. The grounds of such objections must be stated, so as to inform the trial judge of the nature of the objection and afford him an opportunity to rectify the matter complained of. The degree of particularity required in stating tnese grounds will depend upon whether the objection is based purely on law or partly on facts. To challenge the correctness of a legal proposition involved in a charge, it is sufficient to point out the particular part objected to and to say that it is not a legal charge; but to challenge the correctness of a charge because of its inapplicability to the facts, or because of its not stating the law with sufficient fullness, or in terms suitable to adapting it to the facts of the particular case, the respects in which the charge is deficient must be specified.</p>