Legal Opinion
State v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 18, 1952No. 40577PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
M-cCALEB, Justice.
Relator was convicted in the Fifth Judicial District Court for West Carroll Parish of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, on two separate occasions on July 22nd 1951, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98 1 and was sentenced to serve 60 days in the parish jail for each offense. -Claiming that grievous error had been committed by the Judge in overruling pleas of autrefois convict and a motion for a new trial, relator invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of this -court for a review of the convictions as he had no remedy of appeal. 2 A writ of certiorari was granted and the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. RobertsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State v. NomeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- State v. MilanoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Geilinger v. PhilippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by19 opinions
- City of Baton Rouge v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- State v. RichardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- State v. MelerineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- State v. PolandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- State v. MelerineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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