Legal Opinion
State v. Doughty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 28, 1980No. 65337PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
379 So.2d 1088 (1980)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Robert Lee DOUGHTY.
No. 65337.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 28, 1980.
James C. Dixon, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph Tyson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
DENNIS, Justice.
The question raised by this criminal appeal is whether the double jeopardy prohibitions bar multiple conviction and punishment at a single trial for the crimes of forgery and theft which occurred when defendant knowingly obtained cash and…
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