State v. Babington

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Babington, 119 La. 446 (La. 1907)
44 So. 259; 1907 La. LEXIS 501
Monboe

State v. Babington

Opinion of the Court

On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.

MONBOE, J.

Defendant was convicted’ of soliciting and receiving orders for the sale of spirituous liquors, in the parish of Washington, where the sale of such liquors-is prohibited. The state moves to dismiss the appeal, and the motion must be sustained. The utmost penalty that could have-been imposed would have been a fine of $100’ and imprisonment, without hard labor, for 6 months (Act No. 46, p. 61, of 1906), and the penalty actually imposed was a fine of $50 and costs, or, in the alternative, imprisonment, without hard labor, for 30 days. This court is therefore without jurisdiction of the appeal from either point of view, or *447from any other point that suggests itself or has been suggested. Const, art. 85.

It is therefore adjudged that the appeal herein be dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE v. BABINGTON
Status
Published
Syllabus
Courts — Supreme Court — Criminal Jurisdiction — Appeal. This court is without jurisdiction of an* appeal in a criminal case, where the maximum penalty authorized by the law is a fine of $100' and imprisonment, without hard labor, for 6 months, and the penalty actually imposed is a fine of $50, or, in the alternative, imprisonment,, without hard labor, for 30 days. (Syllabus by the Court.)