Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 12, 1959No. 44241PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
Defendants James Brown and . Lucille Aymond were charged in a bill of indictment with the crime of miscegenation “in that they did habitually cohabit with each other, he being of the Negro race and she being of the White race, they having knowledge of their difference in race”. They were tried jointly, convicted, and sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary. Both have appealed.
The statute under which appellants were charged, Article 79 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, provides:
“Miscegenation is the marriage or habitual cohabitation with knowledge of their…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Pace v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- State v. HoneycuttSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Stringfellow v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
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