STATE v. WALLACE

Nos. 55661 and 55662.

321 So.2d 349 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene L. WALLACE, Jr., et al. STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene L. WALLACE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing November 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Julian R. Murray, Jr., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Attys. Gen., George T. Mustakas, II, Staff Atty., Melvin Barre, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward M. Baldwin, New Orleans, for Willis J. Poirrier, Jr.

Robert I. Broussard, Gretna, for Henry Hymel and Raymond LeBouef.

John P. Nelson, Jr., New Orleans, for Stuart E. Creel and Gerard Alexander.

Robert S. Mellon, Mellon & Cavanaugh, Denham Springs, for Eugene L. Wallace, Jr.


DIXON, Justice.

The State appeals these two cases, after the trial judge sustained motions to quash the indictments.

All six defendants, Eugene L. Wallace, Jr., Stuart Creel, Henry Hymel, Willis Poirrier, Raymond LeBouef and Gerard Alexander, were indicted in case No. 55661 for the violation of R.S. 14:26, conspiring to commit public bribery. In No. 55662 Wallace alone was charged with the violation of R.S. 14:67, for theft by fraud of $68,500 from the South...

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