Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Pierre v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 25, 1942No. 36640PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINS, Justice.
The principal question presented here is whether or not Act 14 of 1940, the State statute, which changed retrospectively the mode or method of inflicting the death penalty in capital cases from death by “hanging” to death by “electrocution”, violates the provisions of the State and Federal Constitutions prohibiting the legislative branch of the government from enacting ex post facto laws.
The' defendant was indicted on July 8, 1940, by the Grand Jury of the Parish of St. John the Baptist, this State, for the murder of Ignace Roussell, on October 20, 1936. His motions to quash…
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