Legal Opinion
State v. Jourdain
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 2, 1954No. 41805PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of possession of a narcotic drug, a marijuana cigarette, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:962 and sentenced to serve ten years in the State Penitentiary. During his trial, he reserved two bills of exceptions upon which he is depending on this appeal for a reversal of his conviction.
The first bill was taken to the overruling of appellant’s motion to quash the bill of information. This motion was based on five separate claims that the Uniform Narcotic Drug Law, LSA-R.S. 40:961-40:983, is either unconstitutional or that the proceedings…
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- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- McFarland v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- State v. BroadnaxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. JourdainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954