State v. Couris
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. Tony Couris was convicted of violating an ordinance of a police jury, and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MONROE, C.' J.
This case presents the same questions that are presented in the cases of State v. Emmet Hagen, 67 South. 935,2 and State v. Whitbeck and Harris, 67 South. 949,3 this day decided, and is governed by the same principles of law. For the reasons assigned in those cases, therefore, the conviction and sentence herein appealed from are set aside, and the defendant ordered to be discharged.
PROVOSTY, LAND, and O’NIELL, JJ., concur in the decree, on the ground that the police jury was without authority to pass the ordinance in question. O’NIELL, J., is of the opinion that this court is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. HagenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. WhitbeckSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915