STATE v. GARRISON

No. 46686.

154 So.2d 400 (1963)

244 La. 787

STATE of Louisiana v. Jim GARRISON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Organ, Louis P. Trent, New Orleans, for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Link, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HAMLIN, Justice.

The defendant, Jim Garrison, appeals from his conviction of the offense of Defamation1 (LSA-R.S. 14:47) and his sentence to pay a fine of $1,000.00 or, in default of payment of said fine, to serve four months in the Parish Prison.

The Bill of Information charging the defendant with the offense of defamation recites:

"Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General for...

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