Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 29, 1956No. 42654PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TONDER, Justice.

•The defendant has appealed from his •conviction and sentence to serve seven and one-half years in the State Penitentiary under a bill of information charging him with unlawfully possessing, selling, and delivering a narcotic drug, to wit: Marijuana in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:962.

The defendant is relying (for a reversal of the conviction and sentence) on fifty-four bills of exception taken to the rulings of the trial court during the course of the trial. After an examination of these bills, we find that Bills of Exception No. 25 and No. 40 are meritorious. Without reciting…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. DoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. The People v. MillsIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
  2. State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  3. State v. AndrusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
  4. State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
  5. State v. TilleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000

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