Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Ella Faye BONNER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 328 So. 2d 121
Docket Number: No. 56189
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Ella Faye BONNER.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 121–121

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Ella Faye BONNER.
No. 56189.
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.
C. R. Whitehead, Jr., Whitehead & McCoy, Natchitoches, for defendant-appel-lee.

Opinion:
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Ella Faye Bonner 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.