Legal Opinion
State v. Howard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 23, 1959No. 44258PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Appellant Dalton Howard, charged in a bill of information with the crime of public bribery denounced by R.S. 14:118, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve four years in the state penitentiary.
The first error complained of by appellant is that the bill of information does not inform him of the nature and cause of the accusation against him as required by Article 1, Section 10, of the Constitution of this state. The bill of information reads as follows:
“ * * * that Dalton Howard and Paul Lewis * * * on or about the 11th day of April in the year of our Lord, one…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State v. BrasseauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- State v. ScheueringSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- State v. SheffieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Hernández Martínez v. DelgadoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
- Hernández Martínez v. DelgadoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
- State v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961