| CRIMINAL
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| 1. | Court reinstates manslaughter conviction after court of appeal vacated conviction based on racially charged witness testimony.
State v. Garrett J. Ward, 2025-K-00633 (La. 10/14/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
In January 2018 defendant and his girlfriend attended a dinner party and then relocated to
the Hot Tin bar atop the Pontchartrain Hotel on St. Charles Avenue in New Orl... view full summary |
| 2. | Odor of marijuana was sufficient basis for search warrant.
State v. Shane Clifford Reis, 2025-KK-01099 (La. 10/16/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
A police officer walked through a residence with the permission of the owner and smelled
marijuana. He then obtained a search warrant. The search led to defe... view full summary |
| 3. | Court reverses suppression of evidence from Bourbon Street Mardi Gras detention.
State v. Arial Valencia-Lacayo, 2025-KK-01296 (La. 10/18/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
Two Louisiana State Troopers were patrolling the Bourbon Street area of the New Orleans
French Quarter during Mardi Gras festivities as part of "Troop NOLA" whe... view full summary |
| 4. | Court remands to allow defendant to withdraw guilty plea based on misinformation about parole.
State v. Glen Livas, 2025-KH-00415 (La. 10/22/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
Defendant, who was on parole after serving 33 years in prison, was charged with another
crime and entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge under a plea agreement t... view full summary |
| 5. | Court remands to allow defendant to withdraw guilty plea based on misinformation about sentence.
State v. David Williams, 2025-KK-00555 (La. 10/22/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
Defendant pled guilty under a plea agreement. The Court granted a supervisory writ and
explained that the district court, prosecutor, and defense at... view full summary |
| 6. | Court orders district court to act on motion.
State v. Donald Ray Link, 2025-KH-01117 (La. 10/22/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
Defendant represented that the district court failed to timely act on a motion he filed in
February 2025. The Court granted a supervisory writ and ordere... view full summary |
| 7. | State has right to appeal resentences resulting from Montgomery hearings.
State v. Dale Dwayne Craig, 2025-OK-00024 (La. 10/24/2025) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
Defendant was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for the murder of Kipp Gullet. The
Court affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal. State v. Craig, 9... view full summary |
| 8. | Defendant not entitled to suppress evidence on basis that it was retrieved from cell phones more than 10 days after search warrant issued.
State v. Leonidas Lowery aka "Chico," 2024-KO-00697 (La. 10/24/2025) [7 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 10
In 2017 a Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted defendant with the second-degree murder of
Ethan Allen on November 29, 2016. Defendant moved to suppress eviden... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 9. | Court of appeal improperly added extra element to tort claim.
Gordon S. Cormier v. Entergy Louisiana, LLC, 2025-C-00261 (La. 09/16/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
In 2016 plaintiff fell into a hole while walking on the right of way adjacent to East Tank Farm
Road in Calcasieu Parish. The hole measured between 12 and 16 inches acr... view full summary |
| 10. | Court of appeal applied wrong standard of review to district court's denial of wrongful conviction damages.
State v. Kendall Gordon, 2025-K-00268 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
On August 8, 2009, at about 10:00 p.m., Patrice Comadore, her sister Darceleen, their friend
Earlitta Taylor, and her children were at home when two men with bandanas c... view full summary |
| CONTRACTS
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| 11. | Factual disputes over interpretation of agreement precluded summary judgment.
Bailey Andrew Baynham v. Maven Royalty Management, 2025-CC-00599 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
The district court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment and denied
defendants' cross motion. The Second Circuit denied writs. The ... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 12. | Court reinstates district court's denial of trial continuance.
Turbine Generation Services, LLC v. G.E. Oil & Gas, Inc., 2025-CC-10159 (La. 09/08/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
As a trial date approached, plaintiff's expert unexpectedly became ill. The district court judge
had long presided over the matter and was about to retire. Instead ... view full summary |