State v. Griffin
State v. Griffin
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture of an appearance bond in a criminal case. It is taken by the surety. The state moves to dismiss it, on the ground that the motion for obtaining it was not made within three days from the rendition of the judgment:
“It shall be the duty of the clerks of the several district courts before which such judgments have been rendered to issue notice of such judgment to the parties concerned, as in ordinary civil cases, and on the service and return thereof, after the usual delay, to issue execution on all such judgments, which it is made the duty of the sheriffs of each of said courts, throughout the state, to execute without delay.”
The judgment was rendered on December 1st. Notice of it issued on December 3d. Service of this notice was made on appellant on December 11th. The'motion for appeal was made on December 15th. This was on the fourth day after service of notice; but a Sunday intervened, and Sundays do not count in computing the delay for appeal (State v. Waldron, 128 La. 559, 54 South. 1009, 34 L. R. A. [N. S.] 809), so that the motion was timely made.
The judgment appealed fróm is therefore annulled.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.