Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 4, 1940No. 35603PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The relators, having been charged by bill of information in the Parish of Orleans with having embezzled funds of the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, excepted to the territorial jurisdiction of the court, alleging that the offense, if any, was committed in East Baton Rouge Parish. Upon the overruling of this plea by the trial judge, they applied for and were granted a writ of certiorari.
Jurisdiction to try and punish a person accused of a crime can be acquired in no other manner than in the method prescribed by law, and one of the fundamental rules of criminal…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- City of Douglas v. Federal Reserve Bank of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- People v. McKinneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- State v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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3Cited by19 opinions
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