State v. Massey

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant Massey was charged with vio*1212lating LSA-R.S. 14:1051 “in that he did willfully and unlawfully keep a disorderly place located at 737 Cohen St.” 2 A bill of information charged Massey with letting a disorderly place contrary to LSA-R.S. 14:105. Defendant filed a motion to quash which was granted by the trial court on the ground that LSA-R.S. 14:105 is unconstitutionally vague. Because of the ruling that the statute is unconstitutionally vague, the appeal was transferred to the Louisiana Supreme Court.3 ^

LSA-R.S. 14:104 4 defines keeping a disorderly place as the…