STATE v. NEAL

Nos. 86-KA-0815, 86-KA-1325.

500 So.2d 374 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael NEAL. STATE of Louisiana v. Leslie DESPENZA.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Rockne Moseley, Christina H. Belew, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 86-KA-0815.

Donald Winston, for defendant-appellee in No. 86-KA-0815.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael McMahon, Rockne Moseley, Judith Brewster, Richard Olsen, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 86-KA-1325.

John F. Greene, for defendant-appellee in No. 86-KA-1325.


DENNIS, Justice.*

In these cases the trial court declared unconstitutional statutes prohibiting solicitation of prostitution, La.R.S. 14:82(b) and solicitation of crime against nature, La.R.S. 14:89 A(2), and the state appealed. La. Const. 1974, Art. 5 § 5(D). We reverse.

The bills of information separately charged (1) Michael Neal with the solicitation of another person with the...

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