Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1948

State v. Patterson

State v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 16, 1948 · Ponder, O'Niell
34 So. 2d 344; 213 La. 38; 1948 La. LEXIS 825 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Patterson

Opinion of the Court

PONDER, Justice.

The State is appealing from the judgment of the lower court sustaining a plea of former jeopardy and discharging the defendants.

The defendants were charged with operating a place of public entertainment in which lewd dancing is permitted. The offense is denounced by Act No. 241 of 1942. The offense is a misdemeanor and the penalty provided for in the act does not authorize the imposition of imprisonment at hard labor.

Under the provisions of Section 10 of Article 7 of the Constitution, our appellate jurisdiction does not extend to misdemeanors, where imprisonment at hard labor cannot be imposed, except where a fine exceeding $300, or imprisonment exceeding six months, has actually been imposed.

For the reasons assigned, the.appeal is dismissed.

O’NIELL, C. J., absent.

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