Legal Opinion
State v. Garrison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 4, 1963No. 46686PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Justice.
The defendant, Jim Garrison, appeals from his conviction of the offense of Defamation 1 (LSA-R.S. 14:47) and his sentence to pay a fine of $1,000.00 or, in default of payment of said fine, to serve four months in the Parish Prison.
The Bill of Information charging the defendant with the offense of defamation recites:
“Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General for .the State of Louisiana, who in the name and by the authority of the said State, prosecutes, in this behalf, in proper person comes into the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the Parish of Orleans, and…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. CoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- State v. MoitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
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