State v. Cannon

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant, H. M. “Mike” Cannon, is the Clerk of Court of East Baton Rouge Parish and was indicted on February 7, 1979, in a two-count indictment by a special grand jury for public salary extortion and public salary deduction. Count one charged a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:136(1) in that the defendant allegedly solicited and attempted to solicit and receive the payment of money from his employees for various purposes, including his re-election, said payments allegedly being solicited upon defendant’s suggestions and threats that .the failure to make such payments would result in…