Case Name: CITY OF JENNINGS v. Melvin DESHOTEL, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-06-29
Citations: 262 La. 468
Docket Number: No. 52604
Parties: CITY OF JENNINGS v. Melvin DESHOTEL, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 467–469

Head Matter:
263 So.2d 727
CITY OF JENNINGS v. Melvin DESHOTEL, Jr.
No. 52604.
June 29, 1972.

Opinion:
The application is denied. The ruling of the trial judge is correct. Section 5 of Act 647 of 1968 states that the act merely amends the penalty clauses of the crimes covered therein, one of which is Section 98 herein involved. The purpose of the act was to comply with the mandatory guidelines set forth in Duncan v. State of Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 88 S.Ct. 1444, 20 L.Ed.2d 491, regarding the right to a jury trial in certain misdemeanor cases where the penalty may be imprisonment in excess of six months. See State v. Smith, 254 La. 78, 222 So.2d 864 (1969).