Case Name: CITY OF JENNINGS v. Howard MIRE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-06-29
Citations: 263 So. 2d 727
Docket Number: No. 52605
Parties: CITY OF JENNINGS v. Howard MIRE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
262 La. 466
CITY OF JENNINGS v. Howard MIRE.
No. 52605.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 29, 1972.

Opinion:
In re: Howard Mire applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus.
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).