Legal Opinion
State v. Blanchard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 10, 1955No. 42089PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
We granted writs in this case because we were of the opinion that the bill of information under which the defendants were convicted was fatally defective.
The defendants were convicted and sentenced under a bill of information charging that they “Unlawfully possessed a mechanically and/or manually operated device, without explosive, for the purpose of illegally taking commercial fish; in violation of the provisions of [LSA-] R.S. 56:366 of the State of Louisiana, as amended by Act 194 of 1952.”
The bill of information follows the language of the statute but the statutory words…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- State v. VarnadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. GaineySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- State v. OdomSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
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