Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1968No. 49039PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Ervin Eugene Watson was charged by affidavit on October 29, 1967 with violating the provisions of Article 37 of the Louisiana Criminal Code by committing aggravated assault on the person of Charles Winn by threatening him with a dangerous weapon, a misdemeanor under Louisiana law.
Article 37 provides that “Whoever commits an aggravated assault shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.”
Watson was represented by counsel at his trial on November 30, 1967. Pie was convicted in the City Court of Bossier City and…
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