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State v. Picou

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 12, 1959
107 So. 2d 701 (La. 1959)

Opinion

No. 44159.

December 15, 1958. Dissenting Opinion January 8, 1959. Rehearing Denied January 12, 1959.

APPEAL FROM TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA; HONORABLE WOODROW W. OVERTON, JUDGE.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellant.

Fred G. Benton, Sr., Sam J. D'Amico, Gordon M. White, Baton Rouge, John

Rarick, St. Francisville, Eugene Stanley, New Orleans, for defendant-appellees.


This is a companion case to State v. Picou, 236 La. 421, 107 So.2d 691.

For the reasons assigned in that cause the judgment appealed from herein is affirmed.

McCALEB, J., concurs for the reasons given in No. 44,157.

FOURNET, C. J., concurs in the decree being in accord with the views expressed in Justice McCALEB'S opinion.

SIMON, J., dissents with written reasons.

Filed January 8, 1959.


I respectfully dissent for the reasons assigned in the companion case of State v. Picou, 236 La. 421, 107 So.2d 691.


Summaries of

State v. Picou

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Jan 12, 1959
107 So. 2d 701 (La. 1959)
Case details for

State v. Picou

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEON A. PICOU, JR

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Jan 12, 1959

Citations

107 So. 2d 701 (La. 1959)
236 La. 450

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