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STATE v. DEVAIL

No. 54595.

302 So.2d 909 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charlotte DEVALL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Warren J. Hebert, Special Prosecutor to Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

John E. Miller, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee; Marilyn G. Haft, Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, American Civil Liberties Union, for amicus curiae.

SUMMERS, Justice.

This case comes to us as an appeal from a judgment of the trial court sustaining a motion to quash Louisiana's prostitution statute on the ground that it is unconstitutional for it denies women equal protection of the laws.

The statute provides:

"Prostitution is the practice by a female of indiscriminate sexual intercourse with males for compensation. "Whoever commits the crime of prostitution shall be fined not more than...

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