State v. Weysham

Alcide J. Weysham, a former member of the Louisiana State Bar Association,1 was charged in the same bill of information with two separate counts of unlawful practice of law in violation of La.R.S. 37:213. After a judge trial, defendant was found guilty as charged on both counts. On each *252count, defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 (or, in default thereof, to serve three months in the parish prison) and to serve one year in the parish prison. Execution of the prison sentences was suspended, and defendant was placed on inactive probation for the same period of time. As a special…