| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 1. | Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure applies to motions for summary judgment filed in Ethics Advisory Board administrative proceedings.
Board of Ethics in the Matter of Jordan Monsour, 2017-C-1274 (La. 05/01/18) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 5
The Louisiana Board of Ethics (LBE) filed formal charges against respondents, Walter
Monsour and Jordan Monsour. Respondents filed motions for summary judgment ... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 2. | District judge recused based on relationship with widow of victim.
State v. Kevin Dale Daigle, 2018-KD-0634 (La. 04/30/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 5
Defendant was charged in the 14th JDC with first degree murder resulting from the 2015
shooting death of Louisiana State Trooper Steven Vincent. Amon... view full summary |
| 3. | Court grants evidentiary hearing in habeas case alleging ineffective assistance based on failure to challenge faulty identifications.
State v. LeRoy Jackson, 2016-KP-1100 (La. 05/01/18) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 5
Defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and two counts of attempted armed robbery
that occurred in 2009 and was sentenced to fifty years in prison as a second felony o... view full summary |
| 4. | Court reverses grant of evidentiary hearing in habeas case alleging ineffective assistance based on rejection of plea agreement.
State v. Dennis Johnson, 2017-KP-0514 (La. 05/11/18) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 5
In August 2015 defendant was offered a fifteen-year sentence as a second-felony habitual
offender in exchange for a guilty plea. The offer was rejected through counsel. Si... view full summary |
| MEDICAL MALPRACITCE
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| 5. | Court affirms summary judgment for hospital, reverses summary judgment for doctor.
Jacqueline Brenner v. Dr. Ronald Lewis, 2018-C-295 (La. 04/27/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
On February 23, 2011, after experiencing two seizure-like episodes at her home, forty-
seven-year-old Judith LeBlanc was seen by her primary care physician, Ron... view full summary |
| PROPERTY
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| 6. | Court recalls writ in case involving claimed servitude of passage.
Three Rivers Commons Condominium Assoc. v. Donna Grodner, 2017-C-0974 (La. 04/02/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
This case involved a dispute over an alleged servitude of passage. Three Rivers Island is
located on the south side of the Diversion Canal in Livingston Pari... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 7. | Court vacates discovery order requiring defendants to provide a specific interrogatory answer that would have been false.
Deon Danna v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., LLC, 2018-CC-0331 (La. 04/20/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
This case arose from plaintiff's termination as Director of Engineering at the Ritz Carlton
Hotel in New Orleans. More than three years after filing his origina... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 8. | Court vacates sentence and remands for resentencing and retroactive application of more lenient penalty provisions.
State ex rel. Eugene Jarrow, 2015-KH-0265 (La. 04/02/18) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant, who was previously convicted and sentenced and had exhausted all state and
federal habeas relief, sought the retroactive application of more... view full summary |
| 9. | Court reverses order for evidentiary hearing on post-conviction claim by defendant convicted of murdering his infant.
State v. Bertie Hicks, 2016-KP-2203 (La. 04/02/18) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
In 2006 defendant pled guilty to manslaughter in connection with the 2005 murder of his
seven-week-old daughter. According to the pre-sentence report, defendant confessed ... view full summary |
| 10. | Court instructs district court to view recordings of seizure of evidence.
State v. Julian McConnell, 2018-KK-0131 (La. 04/02/18) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Police in Caddo Parish responded to a report of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm. While in the home, officers seized evidence from the bedroom floor and charged de... view full summary |
| 11. | Court vacates sentence in light of Montgomery/Miller.
State v. Phillip Schane, 2017-KP-0582 (La. 04/06/18) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
In 1980 defendant pled guilty to a second degree murder that he committed as a juvenile
and was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, par... view full summary |
| 12. | Defendant entitled to recordings and identities of confidential informants.
State v. Jermaine Dennis, 2017-KK-2029 (La. 04/06/18) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 26, Issue 4
Defendant sought from the State recordings of himself allegedly engaged in illegal drug
transactions with confidential informants, to look for impeachment or e... view full summary |