Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest Chatman CHELETTE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-07-03
Citations: 372 So. 2d 1054
Docket Number: No. 65048
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest Chatman CHELETTE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 372
Pages: 1054–1054

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest Chatman CHELETTE.
No. 65048.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 3, 1979.

Opinion:
In re Ernest Chatman Chelette, applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and review. Grant Parish. No. 33451.
Writ granted. The crime charged, La. R.S. 14:42 (1978), is not capital, and the accused is constitutionally entitled to be admitted to bail. La.Const. of 1974, art. 1, section 18. The trial court is ordered to hold a contradictory bail hearing forthwith.