No. 21565 Precedential Appeal dismissed. Processed

State v. Mitchell

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed October 18, 1915 · 69 So. 851

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 4th Cir., March 12, 1962 138 So. 2d 610

Cited by

State v. White 125 So. 2d 413 La. 1960
State v. Kelly 125 So. 2d 412 La. 1960
State v. Laborde 38 So. 2d 371 La. 1948
State v. Montgomery 144 So. 433 La. 1932
State v. Roy 94 So. 703 La. 1922
State v. Authement 72 So. 739 La. 1916

Authorities cited

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State v. Hamilton 128 La. 91

Opinion text

SOMMERVILLE, J. The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the parish jail for 6 months, and to pay a fine of $300 and costs, and, in default of paying the fine and costs, to additional imprisonment in the parish jail for a period of 12 months, subject to working the sentence out according to the ordinance of the policy jury. The state moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction. [1, 2] Article 85 of the Constitution provides that the Supreme Court, in criminal cases, shall have appellate jurisdiction on questions of law alone, whenever the punishment of death or imprisonment at hard labor may be inflicted, or a fine exceeding $300, or imprisonment exceeding 6 months, is “actually” imposed. The offense charged, that of retailing intoxicating liquors without first having obtained a license, is not punishable by death, or by imprisonment at hard labor, and the fine imposed on defendant does not exceed $300, and the imprisonment “actually” imposed does not exceed 6 months. The additional imprisonment in the parish jail for a period of 12 months in default of paying the fine of $300 is not a term of imprisonment “actually” imposed. State v. Hamilton, 128 La. 91 , 54 South. 482 . The appeal is dismissed. See dissenting opinion of O’NIELL, J., 69 South. 852 .