Legal Opinion
City of New Orleans v. Walker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 23, 1976No. 56731PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Justice.
The defendant was convicted in the New Orleans Traffic Court of violating a municipal ordinance. His conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division, Criminal District Court of Orleans. We granted certiorari, 319 So.2d 452 (La.1975), to review his contention that these courts had erroneously denied his motion to quash the prosecution, since founded on an invalidated ordinance.
The ordinance in question, Section 38-110, Municipal Code, City of New Orleans 1 prohibited driving a vehicle while intoxicated. Both the present offense and the overruling of the motion to quash, as well…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Alexandria v. La CombeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
- City of Baton Rouge v. MahnkenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- McAllister v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- City of New Orleans v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- City of New Orleans v. WalkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975