Legal Opinion

State v. Austin

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 4, 1979No. 64248PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

374 So.2d 1252 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Gerald AUSTIN.

No. 64248.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1979.

Michael J. Johnson, Cottonport, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eddie Knoll, Dist. Atty., Darrel D. Ryland, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Two issues were raised in relator Austin's application for writs—the correctness of a trial court ruling that the prosecution against Austin for criminal neglect of family was not barred by the state and federal constitutional prohibitions against double…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. State v. VictorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. In Re MilkovichSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  2. State ex rel. R.J.S.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  3. Fontana v. FontanaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. State v. MoranSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  5. State ex rel. B.D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

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