| JUVENILE
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| 1. | Court reverses adjudication of rape for insufficient evidence.
State in the Interest of T.H., 2017-CK-2021 (La. 12/03/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
The victim in this matter, TS, age fourteen at the time of the offense, testified that she lived
in an apartment complex in East Baton Rouge Parish and in December 2016... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 2. | Coercive police action was required for finding that confession was involuntary.
State v. Rose Johnson, 2018-KK-1370 (La. 12/03/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
Defendant filed a motion to suppress her statement to police on the grounds that she had a
diminished mental state. The district court granted the motion. The Court grante... view full summary |
| 3. | Officer falsely promised confidentiality and subverted Miranda warnings.
State v. Christopher Alexander, 2018-KK-1772 (La. 12/03/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
Defendant made an incriminating statement to a detective in an interrogation room after the
detective told defendant that no one would need to know what defendant told ... view full summary |
| 4. | Court reverses death sentences in Baton Rouge Carquest murders.
State v. Lee Turner, Jr., 2016-KA-1841 (La. 12/05/18) [114 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
Defendant was convicted of the 2011 first degree murders of Edward Gurtner, III, and Randy
Chaney, employees of the Carquest auto store on Airline Drive in B... view full summary |
| 5. | Court orders new trial after first degree murder convictions because of erroneous rulings on hearsay and privilege.
State v. Jeremy Wilson, 2017-K-0908 (La. 12/05/18) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
Defendant and Erick Townsend were indicted for first degree murder in connection with the
2008 deaths of Donald Wayne Demille Williams and Kimberly Sims. The vi... view full summary |
| 6. | Court remands for consideration of whether McCoy applies retroactively on collateral review.
State v. James Claiborne Magee, 2018-KP-0310 (La. 12/17/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 12
Defendant was convicted of the brutal 2007 shootings of his estranged wife and five-year-
old son. He was sentenced to death and unsuccessfully exhausted appellate relie... view full summary |
| BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
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| 7. | Court orders disbarment of attorney who made false accusations against judge, mishandled legal matters, and committed domestic abuse.
In re: Juan C. Labadie, 2018-B-1033 (La. 10/29/18) [15 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
This opinion addressed multiple charges against respondent by the Office of Disciplinary
Counsel (ODC). Respondent was a Louisiana attorney who had previousl... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 8. | Court reverses summary judgment for defendants in case involving three-vehicle collision.
Raven Boyance v. United Fire and Casualty Co., 2018-C-886 (La. 10/08/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
This case arose out of a three-vehicle collision on I-10 in St. Martin Parish. Plaintiff alleged
she was driving a vehicle with her son in a car seat in the rear when W... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 9. | Court reverses court of appeal's deduction of attorney's fees previously paid by client.
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University v. Southern Electronics, Inc., 2018-C-1129 (La. 10/29/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
The district court's judgment in this expropriation case included an award of $2,177,500 in
attorney's fees to defendant, Southern Electronics, Inc. On appeal, the Fourth ... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 10. | Court orders district court and magistrate court to rule on prisoner's motions.
State ex rel. John Stewart v. State, 2017-KH-0850 (La. 10/08/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
John Stewart was serving a twenty-year sentence at Dixon Correctional Center for armed
robbery in Ascension Parish when he became eligible for supervised r... view full summary |
| 11. | Court denies relief to State after court of appeal vacated defendant's conviction based on district court's failure to properly record ruling on juror challenge.
State v. Brian Aguillard, 2015-K-0589 (La. 10/15/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
In December 2011 defendant returned from a Christmas party to the home in New Orleans
that he shared with his mother and twin brother. He learned that his twin brother had... view full summary |
| 12. | Anonymous tip lacking indicia of reliability does not justify stop and frisk.
State v. Donald Lewis, 2018-KK-0924 (La. 10/29/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 10
Authorities received an anonymous tip that defendant was selling heroin. A detective
corroborated defendant's identity as the subject of the tip, appro... view full summary |