45406 Precedential Processed

State v. Robertson

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed March 20, 1961 · 128 So. 2d 646

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Opinion text

HAMITER, Justice (dissenting). In my opinion LRS 14:129, which denounces jury tampering, is clear, explicit, definite and, hence, not unconstitutional. The language of the statute, when considered as a whole and in the light of common usage as must be done, can and does mean only that a person is prohibited from improperly resorting to conduct that purposes to sway or persuade (the word “influence” is so defined in Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition— Unabridged) any petit juror with respect to a jury verdict in the rendition of which he has been chosen to participate. I respectfully dissent.