Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Leslie NEWTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 328 So. 2d 120
Docket Number: No. 56187
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Leslie NEWTON.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ, dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 120–120

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Leslie NEWTON.
No. 56187.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 5, 1975.
On Rehearing Feb. 23, 1976.
Rehearing Denied March 26, 1976.
C. R. Whitehead, Jr., Whitehead & McCoy, Natchitoches, for defendant-appel-lee.
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.

Opinion:
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Leslie Newton 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.