STATE v. DAVIS

No. 93-K-0599.

634 So.2d 1168 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sammy DAVIS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Coleman Weber, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., New Orleans, John F. Johnson, Dist. Atty., William A. Yarbrough, Vidalia, for respondent.


HALL, Justice.*

Defendant, Sammy Davis, Jr., a former mayor of the Town of Ferriday, Louisiana, was charged by grand jury indictment with three counts of malfeasance in office, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:134. After trial by jury, he was convicted of one count of malfeasance in office, and was sentenced to four years at hard labor, with two years suspended, and placed on active probation for five years. Additionally, defendant was fined...

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