Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Tallie PERKINS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1951-11-05
Citations: 220 La. 73
Docket Number: No. 40356
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Tallie PERKINS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 220
Pages: 74–74

Head Matter:
55 So.2d 785
STATE of Louisiana v. Tallie PERKINS.
No. 40356.
Nov. 5, 1951.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 10, 1951.
Gravel & Downs, Alexandria, for relator.
Bolivar E. Kemp, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ben F. Thompson, Dist. Atty., and Geo. M. Foote, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alexandria, for respondent.

Opinion:
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
The defendant Tallie Perkins was sentenced to serve six months in the parish jail, subject to work, and all of the sentence was suspended except three months thereof, upon good behavior.
For the reasons assigned in the case of State of Louisiana v. Johnson, 220 La. 64, 55 So.2d 782, the sentence imposed upon relator is annulled and set aside, and the case is remanded to the district. court in order that the relator may be sentenced according to law.