Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 10, 1945No. 37961PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Relator, Harold Smith, an adult, charged with the crime of indecent behavior with a juvenile as denounced by Article 81 of Act 43 of 1942 (the Louisiana Criminal Code), was tried in the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Orleans, adjudged guilty, and sentenced to serve three months in the parish prison.

After conviction and sentence, relator filed in the Juvenile Court a motion for a suspensive appeal to the Supreme Court, which was denied. Relator then applied to this court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to be directed to the judge of the Juvenile Court for the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. FranklinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
  2. Scott v. RatcliffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  3. State v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State in Interest of BatisteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  2. Pee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  3. Ascherman v. San Francisco Medical SocietyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  4. Maxie Leroy Pee v. United States of America, James E. Curtis v. United States of America, Leroy S. Johnson v. United States of America, Gordon A. Magruder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  5. Central Louisiana Electric Co. v. Rural Electrification AdministrationDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964

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