Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Mariah PALMER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 328 So. 2d 120
Docket Number: No. 56188
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Mariah PALMER.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Mariah PALMER.
No. 56188.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 5, 1975.
On Rehearing Feb. 23, 1976.
Rehearing Denied March 26, 1976.
William J. Guste, Jr, Atty. Gen, L. J. Hymel, Jr, Barbara Rutledge, Walter L. Smith, Jr, Asst. Attys. Gen, Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty, John S. Stephens, Asst. Dist. Atty, for plaintiff-appellant.
C. R. Whitehead, Jr, Whitehead & McCoy, Natchitoches, for defendant-appel-lee.

Opinion:
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Mariah Palmer was indicted for bribery of voters in violation of La.R. S. 14:119. For the reasons assigned in State v. Newton, La, 328 So.2d 110, decided this day, the trial court's action in declaring the statute constitutionally infirm and its action in quashing the indictment is hereby affirmed.
SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ., dissent.