Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 9, 1970No. 50514PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARHAM, Justice.
On application of the State we granted certiorari to consider a ruling of the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, which denied the State’s motion for an order requiring the defendant to give handwriting exemplars to the officers of the police department.
The defendant William Earnest Thompson was arrested and charged with the theft of $378.59. In its motion for handwriting exemplars the State alleged that the defendant used lost and stolen credit cards issued to customers of Humble Oil & Refining Company in order to submit false invoices to which he…
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