Opinion

State v. Madere

  • 400 So. 2d 665
  • 1981 La. LEXIS 8398
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Jun 22, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Dennis
On the bench
Dennis, Lemmon, Watson
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 60.4%

The opinion

DENNIS, Justice.

This is an appeal by the state from a district court judgment declaring uncohsti-tutional La.R.S. 15:31 insofar as it subjects gambling devices to immediate confiscation and destruction even when they are not used for gambling. The judgment is reversed. A gambling device, as defined by La.R.S. 15:31(B), constitutes contraband. Accordingly, a statute requiring its confiscation and immediate destruction does not violate due process or property rights under either the state or federal constitution. Brown v. State, etc., 392 So.2d 415 (La.1980).

REVERSED.

WATSON and LEMMON, JJ., dissent.

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