Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Sentell JONES
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 328 So. 2d 122
Docket Number: No. 56191
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Sentell JONES.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 122–123

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Sentell JONES.
No. 56191.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 5, 1975.
On Rehearing Feb. 23, 1976.
Rehearing Denied March 26, 1976.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Walter L. Smith, Jr., L. J. Hymel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., John S. Stephens, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.
J. Q. Davis, Coushatta, for defendant-ap-pellee.

Opinion:
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Senteil Jones 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.