State v. Holt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Ouachita; J. O. Madison, Judge. Charley Holt was charged with a simple assault. From a decree sustaining a plea of autre fois convict and discharging the accused, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The state of Louisiana appeals from a decree of the judge of the district court sustaining defendant’s plea of autre fois convict, and discharging the accused. Defendant is a woman, although her name is Charley Holt.
As relates to her plea, it appears that she was charged in the city court with a simple assault in violation of a state law. The state was not represented in the city court by the district attorney either in having the charge of simple assault preferred or in the prosecution of the case.
Subsequent to the trial and conviction of the defendant in the city court of simple assault,…
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