STATE v. SLAY

No. 63286.

370 So.2d 508 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leonard R. SLAY, Wesley L. Slay and Clois Slay.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Larvaidain, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants-relators.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion Farmer, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals Div.; Kurt F. Sins, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

Peter E. Duffy, Metairie, for Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, amicus curiae.


DIXON, Justice.

On June 23, 1978 Wesley L. Slay and his brother and son, Clois Slay and Leonard Slay, were arrested while fishing in Red River Parish by agents of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and were charged with using nets of an illegal size and with using untagged nets, separate violations of R.S. 56:322. The defense moved to quash the bills of information filed against the defendants on the ground that the statute in question violated the constitutional...

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