Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 9, 1964No. 46857PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
This is a criminal proceeding. The state charged that the defendant, Otis James, had unlawfully possessed one morphine tablet, a narcotic drug. He was tried and convicted. The court sentenced him, as a second offender, to a total of ten years in the state penitentiary. Lie has appealed, relying upon twenty-nine bills of exception reserved in the trial court.
Initially, the defendant filed a motion to quash the Bill of Information on the ground that LSA-R.S. 40 :961 et seq., the Uniform Narcotic Act, is unconstitutional. To the overruling of the Motion to Quash, the defendant…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- James v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. RichmondSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. CooleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- State v. ValeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
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