State v. Jefferson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Jefferson, 125 La. 296 (La. 1910)
51 So. 203; 1910 La. LEXIS 476
Provosty
State v. Jefferson
Opinion of the Court
The defendant was convicted of rape, without capital punishment, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
His complaint is that, although the prosecution was for a capital offense, the jury were allowed to separate. Separation of the jury must be availed of before verdict, unless knowledge of it came to the defendant or his counsel only after verdict. In the instant case the irregularity was urged 'for the first time after verdict by motion for a new trial; and defendant has not shown that the knowledge of it came to him or to his counsel only after verdict. The burden was on him to do so. State v. Gianfala, 113 La. 479, 37 South. 30.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Syllabus
- (Syllabus by Editorial Staff.) 1. Criminal Law (§ 931*) — Trial—Conduct on Jury — Separation — Time oe Raisins Objection. Objection to the separation of the jury in a prosecution for a capital offense, in which a life sentence was imposed, should have been raised before verdict in order to be a ground for reversal, unless accused or his counsel did not learn thereof until after verdict, and cannot be Erst raised on the motion for new trial. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 213C; Dec. Dig. § 931.*] 2. Criminal Law (§ 956*) — Appeal—Separation of Jury — Knowledge of Separation. The burden was on accused, in a prosecution for a capital offense, in which a life sentence was imposed, to show that he or his counsel did not know of the separation of the jury until after verdict, where objection on that ground was not made until then, in order to require a reversal for such separation. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2384-2390; Dec. Dig. § 956.*]