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SCOTT v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JEFFERSON PARISH, STATE OF LA.

Misc. No. 1622.

309 F.Supp. 833 (1970)

Nick J. SCOTT, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JEFFERSON PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

February 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke Fontana, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

John Mamoulides, Asst. Dist. Atty. Jefferson Parish, Harry Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, for respondent.

RUBIN, District Judge:

Louisiana's criminal vagrancy statute here comes under the constitutional attack that has felled a number of similar enactments around the country. The woodsman in this case is Nick J. Scott, petitioning for habeas corpus relief from his conviction under La.R.S. 14:107, an ancient tree somewhat debilitated by the extensive jurisprudence on the constitutional flaws of vagrancy laws.

Scott pleaded guilty to a bill of information brought...

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