Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 11, 1994No. 93-K-0599PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
634 So.2d 1168 (1994)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Sammy DAVIS, Jr.
No. 93-K-0599.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 11, 1994.
Dennis Coleman Weber, Baton Rouge, for applicant.
Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., New Orleans, John F. Johnson, Dist. Atty., William A. Yarbrough, Vidalia, for respondent.
HALL, Justice.[*]
Defendant, Sammy Davis, Jr., a former mayor of the Town of Ferriday, Louisiana, was charged by grand jury indictment with three counts of malfeasance in office, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:134. After trial by jury, he was convicted of one count of malfeasance in office, and was sentenced to four…
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