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| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 1. | Kenner firefighters entitled to summary judgment on claim for additional pension contributions.
Michael Dunn v. City of Kenner, 2015-C-1175 (La. 01/27/16) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 Plaintiffs, members of Kenner Firefighters Association Local 1427, filed suit seeking past and future
adjustments to the City of Kenne... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 2. | In second degree murder case, State presented sufficient evidence of specific intent to kill and was not required to prove motive.
State v. Quint Mire, 2014-K-2295 (La. 01/27/16) [12 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 In 2011 defendant and Julian Gajan were hunting deer out-of-season in the marsh in Vermillion
Parish when defendant shot Gajan three t... view full summary | | 3. | District court did not abuse its discretion in setting amount of restitution to victim in theft case without documentary evidence of exact pecuniary loss.
State v. Herman Perry, 2015-K-0510 (La. 02/05/16) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant pleaded guilty to theft over $1,500, in violation of La. R.S.
Section 14:67. The victim was th... view full summary | | 4. | In case of child abuse that resulted in death of child, State was entitled to introduce evidence of prior acts of abuse of child by defendant.
State v. Michael Robertson, 2015-KK-2095 (La. 02/05/16) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 Defendant was charged with the first degree murder of his eight-year-old son, Xzayvion Riley. The
State notified defendant of its inte... view full summary | | 5. | District court abused its discretion in reversing death sentence of Angola Five inmate on basis of purported Brady violation.
State v. David Brown, 2015-KK-2001 (La. 02/19/16) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 Defendant is one of the "Angola Five," a group of inmates who attempted to escape from the Angola
State Penitentiary in 1999 and kille... view full summary | | 6. | Court reverses death sentence based on State's violation of Jackson during penalty phase of retrial of convicted murderer.
State v. Robert Glen Coleman, 2014-KA-0402 (La. 02/26/16) [81 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 2 Defendant was charged with the first degree murder of seventy-year-old Julian Brandon, a retired
minister, and the attempted first deg... view full summary |
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