Legal Opinion

State v. Henry

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 1, 1967No. 48393PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMITER, Justice.

Percy Henry was charged in a bill of information with violating LRS 14:106 (as amended), the Louisiana Obscenity Statute. He was tried and convicted. Later, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $301 and costs, and in default of payment of the fine and costs to serve thirty days in the parish jail. He is appealing from the conviction and sentence.

At least six bills of exceptions, reserved during the course of the proceedings, were perfected and are contained in the record. Here, defense counsel, both in brief and orally and contrary to the preferred procedure in this court, has…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Mishkin v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. State v. VarnadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Delta Book Distributors, Inc. v. CronvichDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
  2. United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  3. Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  4. State v. Shreveport News Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  5. Price v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972

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