Legal Opinion
State v. Straughan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 26, 1956No. 42575PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The accused, James Straughan, having been convicted and sentenced1 on a bill of information charging that he did, within the Parish of Rapides and the jurisdiction of the Ninth Judicial District, and on or about July 22, 1954, “wilfully maliciously and feloniously commit gambling as denounced by Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Section 90,” prosecutes this appeal, relying for the reversal thereof on numerous bills of exceptions reserved and perfected during the course of his trial. Inasmuch as we find merit in the second bill, reserved when the trial judge…
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2Cases cited71 opinions
- State v. RoyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
- People Ex Rel. Battista v. ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- State v. GreerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
- People v. BogdanoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Pine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
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3Cited by37 opinions
- State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- State v. GaineySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. BeltSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
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