Legal Opinion
State v. Clayton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 23, 1959No. 44362PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Justice.
Wayne H. Clayton was indicted under LSA-R.S. 14:71, as amended by Act 156 of 1956, for issuing a worthless check in exchange for the sum of $75 cash. He was found guilty by a jury of the “unauthorized use of a movable” as denounced by LSA-R.S. 14:68, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs, and to serve four months in the parish jail, and in default of payment of fine and costs an additional two months’ confinement. Wherefore this appeal.
It appears that, prior to sentence being imposed, the defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment wherein the constitutionality of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. PoeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- State v. WoolmanUtah Supreme Court · 1934
- State v. McLeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- State v. AntoineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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