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| | 1. | Court remands levee appropriation class action in light of recent opinion concerning compensation and attorney's fees.
Jason Adams v. South Lafourche Levee District, 2016-C-1423 (La. 06/29/17) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
On March 31, 2017, the Court issued an opinion in South Lafourche Levee District v. Chad
M. Jarreau, 2016-C-0788 (La. 03/31/17). (See LSCR Vol. 25, No. 4). Jarreau invo... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| | 2. | Court lacked appellate jurisdiction over constitutional challenge to medical treatment schedule.
Janice Barber v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, 2017-CA-0750 (La. 06/05/17) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
The 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, enjoined the application of certain medical
treatment schedule provisions in the Louisiana Workers' Compensation... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 3. | Defendant entitled to in camera inspection of victims' medical records.
State v. Abdellatif Devol, 2017-KK-0646 (La. 06/05/17) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant was a third-year law student when charged in East Baton Rouge Parish with
forcible rape, simple rape, and sexual battery. This opinion conc... view full summary | | 4. | Defendant entitled to an evidentiary hearing as to whether his guilty plea was made knowingly and intelligently.
State v. Jacob Johnston, 2016-KO-1460 (La. 06/05/17) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant's teacher took defendant into his home to live with his family when defendant
was seventeen. On a day that the teacher and his wife left defendant... view full summary | | 5. | District court erred in resetting initial trial date after case transfer.
State v. Kenneth P. Landrieu, 2017-KK-0950 (La. 06/09/17) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant filed a motion to waive his right to a jury trial in the Criminal District Court for
the Parish of Orleans. Pursuant to La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7... view full summary | | 6. | Habeas petitioner convicted of 1971 rape entitled to evidentiary hearing on Brady claim.
Wilbert Jones v. Darrel Vannoy, 2017-KP-0101 (La. 06/16/17) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Petitioner was convicted of the 1971 abduction and rape of a young Baton Rouge General
Medical Center nurse. He was sentenced to life in prison without benefit of parol... view full summary | | 7. | Court remands in light of new legislation regarding parole eligibility for defendants who committed crimes as juveniles.
State v. Barry Pascual, 2016-KP-2167 (La. 06/29/17) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder in 1999 for a shooting that he committed
in 1996. At the time of the murder, defendant was under the age of eighteen. By ... view full summary | | 8. | District court confused issues of authentication and reliability regarding video evidence at preliminary hearing.
State v. Ronald Rice, Jr., 2017-KK-0446 (La. 06/29/17) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 25, Issue 6
The district court conducted a preliminary hearing to determine whether probable cause
existed to support charges of attempted second degree murder and carjacking ag... view full summary |
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