Legal Opinion
State v. Gaspard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 10, 1952No. 40877PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Defendant, Preston J. Gaspard, charged in a bill of information with the theft of rice valued at $4,234.91, after trial before a jury was adjudged guilty of attempted theft and sentenced by the court to serve a term of 40 months in the parish jail. From this conviction and sentence he has appealed.
Article 67 of the Criminal Code, LSA-R.S. 14:67, under which the defendant was charged, defines “theft” as “* * * the misappropriation or taking of anything of value which belongs to another, either without the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking, or by means of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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