State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Sam Jones, having been sentenced to serve twelve months in the parish jail subject to work, after trial and conviction of the offense of criminal neglect of family- — in that he intentionally deserted and failed to provide for the support of Sam Dixon, Jr., an illegitimate minor child in destitute and necessitous circumstances — prosecutes this appeal.
The minor, Sam Dixon, Jr., was born to the prosecuting witness, Lillie Belle Dixon, a 26 year old unmarried colored girl, on October 22, 1946. She claims that the defendant is the father of this child. The…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. TrubySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- State v. Standard Oil Co. of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Mouledoux v. MaestriSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- State v. RandallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- State v. WhitlockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
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- State v. MacKSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
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