STATE v. PUGH

No. 63208.

369 So.2d 1308 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Virgil PUGH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Dalrymple, Antoon, Dalrymple & Beck, Alexandria, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Donald T. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


BLANCHE, Justice.

We granted defendant's writ application wherein he seeks relief from denial of a motion to quash six bills of information. We have before us the question of whether the charge of vagrancy by being an habitual drunkard is one which is constitutionally sound.

Defendant was arrested a number of times during the summer of 1978 upon complaints made to police about his conduct. The complaints were made by his neighbors and by his mother and brother...

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