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20 La. 389

State v. Behan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 15, 1868

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1868-06-15

<p>The appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, in criminal cases, is limited to questions of law alone, and must be presented by bill of exceptions or assignment of errors.</p>

Decided 1868-06-15

Labauve, J.

¶1The defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced by the lower court to fifteen years’ imprisonment at hard labor, in the State Penitentiary.

¶2He took this appeal.

¶3The record contains neither bill of exceptions, nor assignment of errors apparent on the face of the record.

¶4Our appellate jurisdiction, in criminal cases, is limited to questions of law alone. These questions must be presented by bill of exceptions or assignments of errors; or the errors be apparent on the face of the record.

¶5*390No counsel has appeared in this court, on the part of the appellant, to suggest any error of law, and we have found none after a careful examination of the record.

¶6Judgment affirmed, with costs.

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