Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1967No. 48530PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Justice:
Defendant, Amos Brown, was charged by affidavit alleging that on November 13, 1966 he “did commit the crime of Vagrancy in that he is a person who does loaf the streets habitually or who frequent the streets habitually at late or unusual hours of the night, or who loiter around any public place of assembly, without lawful business or reason to be present.” LSR-R.S. 14:-107. 1 After trial, he was adjudged guilty and sentenced to serve nine months imprisonment in the parish jail. He appealed.
No perfected bills of exceptions appear in the record, nor was the testimony of the…
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