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| | 1. | Justice of the peace suspended without pay for handling of small claims case. In Re: Justice of the Peace Mary Foret, 2014-O-0526 (La. 05/23/14) [8 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 Before and while she presided over a small claims case, Lafourche Parish Justice of the Peace Mary
Foret engaged in numerous ex parte ... view full summary | | PROPERTY
| | 2. | Cash sale deed language limited interest sold in property. Virgil Mason v. Exco Operating Company, 2014-C-426 (05/23/14) [5 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 Virgil Mason inherited from his father, Willis Mason, a 1/125 interest and a 1/880 interest in a piece
of immovable property. He then ... view full summary | | JUVENILE
| | 3. | Delinquency adjudication reinstated; juvenile had not complied with plea agreement requiring good faith effort to obtain vocational training. State in the Interest of E.C., 2013-CK-2483 (La. 06/13/14) [19 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 By a petition of delinquency, defendant was charged with being a principal to second degree murder
and armed robbery when he was fourt... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 4. | Lower courts erred in denying post-conviction request for DNA testing. State v. Almetric Debrow, 2013-KP-1814 (La. 05/23/14) [1 p.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 Defendant was convicted of attempted armed robbery. The State's case rested on identification
testimony, and defendant pre... view full summary | | 5. | Blood alcohol test on unconscious defendant was reasonable, given collective knowledge of law enforcement investigating fatal car accident. State v. Marcus Weber, 2013-K-1851 (La. 05/30/14) [6 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 Defendant was in a truck with two other people when it collided with another vehicle, killing the
driver of the other vehicle. After d... view full summary | | 6. | Federal crime of bringing in and harboring certain aliens could not serve as basis for fourth felony offender adjudication. State v. Frankie Baskin, 2013-KO-2747 (La. 06/13/14) [1 p.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 6 The district court sentenced defendant as a fourth felony offender for purposes of La. R.S. Section
15:529.1, based in ... view full summary |
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