Case Name: Sterling J. CARDON v. Victor J. DAUTERIVE and the St. Bernard Parish Democratic Executive Committee
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-07-19
Citations: 262 La. 968
Docket Number: No. 52663
Parties: Sterling J. CARDON v. Victor J. DAUTERIVE and the St. Bernard Parish Democratic Executive Committee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 967–969

Head Matter:
265 So.2d 240
Sterling J. CARDON v. Victor J. DAUTERIVE and the St. Bernard Parish Democratic Executive Committee.
No. 52663.
July 19, 1972.

Opinion:
BARHAM, J., concurs.
The result reached by the Court of Appeal is correct, but Crothers v. Jones, 239 La. 800, 120 So.2d 248 is not distinguishable in law from the present case. However, in my opinion the holding in that case is in error. "[Cjonvicted of any crime which may be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary" in former Art. 8, Section 6, La. Constitution — should have been construed to mean any conviction in any court in any state which is also a felony in Louisiana, i. e. punishable by imprisonment at hard labor, "the penitentiary."