Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 24, 1975No. 55455PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

308 So.2d 790 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Alan A. JONES.

No. 55455.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1975.

John G. Williams, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., R. Raymond Arthur, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BARHAM, Justice.

Alan A. Jones was convicted after a bench trial of possession of marijuana, a violation of La.R.S. 40:966(C), and was sentenced to six months in the parish jail. This Court does not have appellate jurisdiction over a case in which the sentence is six…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. BuckleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. State v. RyanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. CulottaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  4. State v. KinnemannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  5. State v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980

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