State v. Haines
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Martin. Voorhies, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Blanchard, J.
This man was indicted for rape. The woman was: his wife.
That he is guilty of a heinous offense against her, a jury of hie» countrymen have so said.
*732They called it rape, qualifying their verdict, however, so. as to “save .his neck.” From a sentence by the court to' imprisonment for life, he appeals.
The question presented is unique and novel. Can a husband commit rape upon a woman who is his wife? That he can procure the commission of the crime upon her, or aid and abet its being done, and thus, 'under our law 'and criminal practice, make…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mulligan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
3Cited by26 opinions
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cody v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
- State v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Morgan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
- Lane v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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