Legal Opinion
State v. Varnado
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 11, 1923No. 26016PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. W. W. Varnado was indicted for perjury. From a judgment quashing the indictment, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The indictment for perjury in this case was quashed, and the state has appealed. The motion to quash was made on the ground that the indictment charges no offense known to the laws of the state of Louisiana.
The indictment returned against the defendant is in words as follows:
“The grand jurors of the state of Louisiana, duly impaneled and sworn, in and for the body of the parish of Tangipahoa, in the name and by the authority of the said state, upon their oath find and present: That one W. W. Varnado, late of the parish of Tangipahoa, on the 8th day of June, in the year of our Lord one…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited21 opinions
- State v. BoassoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
- State v. HornsbyLouisiana Court of Errors and Appeals · 1845
- Morrell v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- State v. ShupeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BrisbanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
- State v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
- State v. BryanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. DelanuevilleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- State v. SnyderSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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