Legal Opinion
State v. Cloud
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 2, 1965No. 47643, 47644PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Defendants Alfred Cloud, Jr., and James B. Wells were charged by grand jury indictment with criminal conspiracy to commit the crime of extortion. Defendant Wells was charged in a second indictment with the crime of extortion. The cases are consolidated in this court because they present the same question for our consideration.
Defendants filed motions to quash the indictments based on the contention that Article 66 of the Criminal Code (R.S. 14:66) is unconstitutionally vague in its use of the terms “any acquittance, advantage, or immunity of any description.” On the date…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. HightowerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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3Cited by21 opinions
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