Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Flora Bell HARRIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 328 So. 2d 123
Docket Number: No. 56192
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Flora Bell HARRIS.
Judges: SANDERS, C. J., and SUMMERS and MARCUS, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 123–123

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Flora Bell HARRIS.
No. 56192.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 5, 1975.
Rehearing Denied March 26, 1976.
On Rehearing Feb. 23, 1976.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Walter L. Smith, Jr., L. J. Hymel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., John S. Stephens, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.
J. Q. Davis, Coushatta, for defendant-ap-pellee.

Opinion:
CALOGERO, Justice.
Defendant Flora Bell Harris 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.