Legal Opinion
State v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 7, 1946No. 37986PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Justice.
The defendant, Robert A. Stanton, was charged in two counts of an information filed on April 27, 1945, with committing forgery on or about March 12, 1942, and with uttering the forged instrument on the same date. In a third count prescription was negatived on the ground that the defendant, immediately following the commission of the offense, absconded from the State and was a fugitive from justice. The prosecution was instituted under Section 833 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act No. 204 of 1918, and as further amended by Act. No. 136 of 1934, § 1, the alleged offense…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- State v. CooleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Colling v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1927
- State v. BlockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
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3Cited by7 opinions
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