STATE v. SCALLON

No. 64077.

374 So.2d 1232 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Morris SCALLON, Relator.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan E. Melichar, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., B. Dexter Ryland, Alexandria, for respondent.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant, the employee-manager of a discount house operated by a corporation, was convicted of a violation of La.R.S. 51:194(A) (1962), and sentenced to pay a fine of $100. The statutory enactment, a Sunday closing law, prohibits the sale of, or requiring an employee to sell, generally described types of merchandise.

We granted certiorari, 369 So.2d 152 (1979), because we entertained doubt:

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