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372 So. 2d 1054

State v. Chelette

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 3, 1979

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1979-07-03

Decided 1979-07-03

¶1In re Ernest Chatman Chelette, applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and review. Grant Parish. No. 33451.

¶2Writ granted. The crime charged, La. R.S. 14:42 (1978), is not capital, and the accused is constitutionally entitled to be admitted to bail. La.Const. of 1974, art. 1, section 18. The trial court is ordered to hold a contradictory bail hearing forthwith.

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