State v. Williams

FOURNET, Chief Justice. The defendant, Clarence Williams, having appealed from his conviction and sentence, on a charge by bill of information with possession of heroin, without having reserved or perfected a bill of exception to the only alleged error committed during the trial of the case, i. e., “the denial of a new trial based upon alleged misconduct of *231 the prosecution in seeking to impeach a key-defense witness in an unfair manner,” nothing is presented for review by this court except error patent on the face of the record, 1 of which, after careful examination we find none. The conviction and sentence are affirmed. . Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 920 provides: “The following matters and no others shall be considered on appeal: (1) Formal bills of exceptions that have been submitted to and signed by the trial court in accordance with Article 845, whether or not the bills of exceptions were made a ground for a motion for a new trial; and (2) Any error that is discoverable by a mere inspection of the pleadings and proceedings and without inspection of the evidence.” See also, Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 844, and State v. Flanagan, 254 La. 100 , 222 So.2d 872 ; State v. Bass, 254 La. 83 , 222 So.2d 865 ; State v. Jackson, 253 La. 205 , 217 So.2d 372 ; State v. Coffil, 222 La. 487 , 62 So.2d 651 ; State v. Bryant, 219 La. 193 , 52 So.2d 543 ; State v. McDonald, 218 La. 198 , 48 So.2d 797 .