Legal Opinion
State v. Grantham
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 27, 1922No. 25053PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Fiftli Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. Alvin Grantham was convicted of incest, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
By the WHOLE COURT.
PROVOSTY, C. J.
Act 78, p. 101, of 1884, provides that—
“Whoever shall hereafter knowingly intermarry or cohabit without marriage, being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriage is prohibited,” etc.
Accused was indicted under this statute for cohabiting with Ms daughter, and was convicted, and has appealed.
The indictment charges that the accused so cohabited “on the - day of July, 1019.”
[1] The contention of accused is that a single act of sexual intercourse does not constitute the crime denounced by said statute; but that in order to come under said statute…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. De HartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- State v. WichersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- State v. ChandlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- State v. FreddySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Richey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. MischiroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925