Legal Opinion
State v. Young
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 30, 1896No. 12,315PublishedCited by 4 opinions
APPEAL from the Twentieth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Assumption. Guión, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The defendant, Jake Young, was indicted by the grand jury for the parish of Assumption in September, 1896, for assault with intent to commit rape.
He interposed a demurrer and a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that by Act No. 59 of 1896, the Art. 792 of the Revised Statutes has been repealed.
The demurrer and the motion to quash were sustained by the District Court.
The District Attorney prosecutes this appeal from the ruling.
The act in question contains no reference to the section in question of the Revised Statutes.
It defines the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. PegramGeneral Court of Virginia · 1829
3Cited by4 opinions
- Cisson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- State v. GuillorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- State ex rel. Theus v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- People v. LowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1930