State v. Montgomery

Citations

• 115 La. 155
• 38 So. 949
• 1905 La. LEXIS 633

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — VENUE—CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.</p> <p>Section 988 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the trial of an offense in a court other than that of the parish in which it was committed, provided it be committed within 100 .yards of the boundary line, is unconstitutional, being in conflict with article 9 of the Constitution, which requires that “all trials shall take place in the parish where the offence was committed.”</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>