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STATE v. AUSTIN

No. 64248.

374 So.2d 1252 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gerald AUSTIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Johnson, Cottonport, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eddie Knoll, Dist. Atty., Darrel D. Ryland, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Two issues were raised in relator Austin's application for writs—the correctness of a trial court ruling that the prosecution against Austin for criminal neglect of family was not barred by the state and federal constitutional prohibitions against double jeopardy and the propriety of the court's denial of relator Austin's motion for acquittal. A statement of the history out of which the criminal neglect of family prosecution arose will facilitate...

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