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STATE v. SUIRE

No. 56037.

319 So.2d 347 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellant, v. Gilbert SUIRE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bernard N. Marcantel, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

John W. Johnson, Clanton & Johnson, Eunice, for defendant-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The State appeals. The district court sustained the defendant Suire's plea of former jeopardy. The plea is based upon a prior conviction in Lake Arthur's Mayor's Court for violation of a municipal ordinance. The ordinance provided for criminal punishment of the identical conduct which forms the basis of the state charge.

The State appeals from dismissal of the prosecution. It chiefly contends that the mayor's court lacked jurisdiction to punish...

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