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127 La. 332

State v. Thibodeaux

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 14, 1910

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1910-11-14

<p>Appeal from Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin; James Simon, Judge.</p> <p>Joseph Thibodeaux, Jr., was convicted of the crime against nature, and he appeáls.</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1910-11-14

LAND, J.

¶1The defendant was convicted and sentenced for the crime against nature, as denounced by section 788 of the Revised .Statutes of 1870.

¶2In the court below the defendant moved the court to compel the prosecution to elect between the charge of “crime against nature” and the charge of “sodomy” contained in the indictment. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted.

¶3The two terms are applied in the indictment to the same act of carnal knowledge, and were evidently used as equivalents. Marr’s Crim. Jur. La. p. 128, § 77.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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