Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred HUEY, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-09-18
Citations: 262 La. 1073
Docket Number: No. 52631
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred HUEY, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 1073–1073

Head Matter:
266 So.2d 214
STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred HUEY, Jr.
No. 52631.
Sept. 18, 1972.

Opinion:
BARHAM, J.,
is of opinion the writ should be granted. See Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85, 88 S.Ct. 722, 19 L.Ed. 2d 923, and United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601, 91 S.Ct. 1112, 28 L.Ed.2d 356 for a clear U. S. Supreme Court adjudication of the precise issue contrary to the trial court.
DIXON, J., is of the opinion that the writ should be granted. We should not avoid consideration of the constitutionality of the statute under which defendant is charged. In the event of conviction, defendant has no right of appeal unless the sentence is long enough to give this court jurisdiction. There is no right of appeal in Louisiana unless the sentence exceeds minimums fixed in our Constitution.