| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 1. | Court holds that mechanism created by legislature for funding Uniform Local Sales Tax Board is unconstitutional.
West Feliciana Parish Government v. State of Louisiana, Office of Motor Vehicles, 2019-CA-00878 (La. 12/11/19) [29 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Plaintiffs, the Plaquemines Parish Council and the St. James Parish School Board, are the local
taxing jurisdictions and designated single collectors for sales and... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 2. | District court extended period of time for defendant to file motion to reconsider sentence.
State v. Cameron Williams, 2019-KK-01352 (La. 12/10/19) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
At issue in this case was whether the district court had extended the period of time in which
defendant could file a motion to reconsider sentence. "In felony cases, wi... view full summary |
| 3. | State not required to disclose witness identity two weeks before trial.
State v. Harold Brooks, 2019-KK-01468 (La. 12/10/19) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Defendant filed a motion to require the State to disclose the identity of an undercover agent
witness two weeks before trial, and the district court granted the motion.... view full summary |
| 4. | Identification of defendant suppressed because of suggestive photographic lineup.
State v. Roland Butler, 2019-KK-1541 (La. 12/10/19) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Defendant was identified in a single photographic lineup as the perpetrator of a crime that
occurred 22 years earlier. The district court denied defendant's mo... view full summary |
| 5. | Officers were required to Mirandize 15-year-old questioned at school.
State v. Shelvon Cooks, 2019-KK-01684 (La. 12/10/19) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Defendant was a 15-year-old child suspected in a carjacking. Police detained him at his
school for questioning and did not administer Miranda warnings at t... view full summary |
| 6. | Court of appeal erred in reversing district court's grant of new trial.
State v. David Bourg, 2019-K-00038 (La. 12/11/19) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
In 2014 defendant fatally shot Michael Pitre in the head while the two were seated in
defendant's truck. They had been drinking, and defendant claim... view full summary |
| 7. | Provision mandating automatic transfer of jurisdiction from juvenile court to criminal court was constitutional.
State v. Hunter Fussell, 2019-KA-01061 (La. 12/11/19) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Defendant was indicted for first degree rape of a victim under the age of thirteen, allegedly
committed shortly after defendant's fifteenth birthday. The Children's C... view full summary |
| 8. | District court ordered to address plaintiff's post-conviction application.
State v. Johnson Washington, 2019-KH-0765 (La. 12/19/19) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
The Court granted a supervisory writ in defendant's post-conviction relief proceedings.
Defendant represented to the Court th... view full summary |
| 9. | Defendant entitled to suppress statement made to his mother at direction of officer.
State v. Christopher Alexander, 2019-KK-01664 (La. 12/20/19) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
In December 2018 the Court granted a supervisory writ and reversed the denial of
defendant's motion to suppress his statement given to a detective in an in... view full summary |
| 10. | Court denies State's writ application regarding release of incompetent defendant charged with armed robbery.
State v. Christopher Wallace, 2019-KK-01398 (La. 12/20/19) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 27, Issue 12
Defendant was charged with armed robbery and remanded to the custody of the Department
of Health and Hospitals. He was treated, but the parties agreed that he remained ... view full summary |