Case Name: STATE v. VIDRINE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1921-01-07
Citations: 148 La. 378
Docket Number: No. 24349
Parties: STATE v. VIDRINE.
Judges: DAWKINS, J., dissents.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 377–377

Head Matter:
(86 South. 920)
No. 24349.
STATE v. VIDRINE.
(Jan. 7, 1921.)
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge.
Gil Vidrine was convicted of crime, and appeals.
Indictment, verdict, and sentence annulled, and accused discharged without day.
Gil Vidrine, in pro. per.
Dudley L. Guilbeau, of Opelousas, amicus curiae.
A. V. Coco> Atty. Gen., and- R. Lee Garland, Dist. Atty., of Opelousas (T. S. Walmsley, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.

Opinion:
PROVOSTY, J.
The question presented in this case is the same precisely as in State v. Bennie Green (No. 24363) ante, p. 376, 86 South. 919, this day decided.
For the reasons there assigned, it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the indictment, verdict, and sentence herein be and are hereby annulled, and that the accused he discharged without day.
DAWKINS, J., dissents.