State v. Peterson

DIXON, Justice.

The trial judge sustained a motion to quash a bill of information charging that defendant, Sydney “Bo” Peterson, “being over the age of 17, did sell an alcoholic beverage of either high or low alcoholic content (Miller’s Lite Beer) to a person under the age of 18, in violation of RS 14:91, . ” On the application of the State, we granted writs.

The trial judge found the statute (R.S. 14:91) vague and overbroad, because it did not contain a definition of “alcoholic beverage of either high or low content.”

In 1972 R.S. 14:91 was amended to substitute “alcoholic beverage either of…