# State v. Madere

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 22, 1981 · 400 So. 2d 665

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7511177

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph G. MADERE Joseph G. MADERE v. STATE of Louisiana
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 22, 1981
- **Citations:** 400 So. 2d 665; 1981 La. LEXIS 8398
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Dennis
- **Judges:** Dennis, Lemmon, Watson
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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