City of New Orleans v. Impastato

McCALEB, Justice.

Joseph Impastato was convicted in the First Recorder’s Court of New Orleans on a charge of violating Ordinance No. 14,538,' Commission Council Series, as amended by Ordinance No. 15,085. Claiming that this ordinance is unconstitutional in that it is violative of the provisions of Section 22A of Article 14 of the Constitution and that the sentence imposed by the Recorder is therefore illegal and void, he has appealed directly to this Court under the authority granted by Article 7, Section 10, of the Constitution.

By Section 22A of Article 14, which was added to the Constitution…