Quaid v. State

Clark, Judge.

Was the appellant, a New Orleans attorney, an innocent victim of his client’s vindictive vendetta resulting from the latter’s belief that the barrister had betrayed ("fingered”) him so that his conviction was solely from a concaternation of criminating circumstances? Was the lawyer’s interest in this case which involved a burglary of almost $8,000,000 of negotiable bearer municipal bonds legitimately limited to the reward of $100,000 paid him for providing information leading to the recovery of the stolen securities? or—as charged by the state—was appellant a willing participant…