State v. Johnson

412 So.2d 602 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Bennie JOHNSON.

No. 81-K/A-3313.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 5, 1982.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Larry J. Radosta, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant.

Walter L. Adams, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

LEMMON, Justice.

This matter is before the court on an appeal by the state from a judgment declaring R.S. 46:236.1 unconstitutional because it conflicted with the discretion vested in the trial court by R.S. 14:74.[1] We agree with the state that there…