Case ID: so2d_530/html/1163-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "LEMMON, Justice,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Cedric D. HARGROVE.
    No. 88-K-1003.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Sept. 23, 1988.
    Reconsideration Denied Oct. 28,1988.
   In re Hargrove, Cedric D.; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, Number 19521-KA; Parish of Ouachita 4th Judicial District Court Div. “C” Number 45,440

Denied.

LEMMON, J., concurs and assigns reasons.

LEMMON, Justice,

concurring m the denial of the application.

The gravamen of La.R.S. 14:95 is prohibition of the concealment of a weapon, while the gravamen of La.R.S. 14:95.1 is prohibition of possession of a weapon, concealed or not, by a convicted felon. Inasmuch as the Legislature apparently intended to accomplish different- purposes by each statute, double jeopardy does not apply. See State v. Dubaz, 468 So.2d 554 (La.1985) (Lemmon, J., concurring). This defendant’s status as a convicted felon and his possession and concealment of a weapon made him guilty of both types of misconduct that the Legislature intended to deter.