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| | 1. | Court amends sentence to allow parole eligibility for defendant sentenced to 99 years without parole for armed robbery he committed at 17.
State Ex Rel. Alden Morgan v. State, 2015-KH-0100 (La. 10/19/16) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 10 In 1999 defendant was convicted of a 1998 armed robbery that he committed at the age of seventeen. During the robbery, defendant he... view full summary | | 2. | Amended version of CCP art. 890.1 applied at sentencing; "crime of violence" designation not necessary.
State v. Sean Holloway, 2015-OK-1233 (La. 10/19/16)[13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 10 In 2007 defendant was the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision in which his passenger, Shawn Lancon, was killed. Defendant had a ... view full summary | | 3. | Court reverses attempted armed robbery conviction; district court erred in handling State's reverse-Batson challenges.
State v. Johnny Lee Harris, 2015-K-0995 (La. 10/19/16) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 10Defendant was charged with a 2009 attempted armed robbery and proceeded to trial. During voir dire, defense counsel used Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), to challenge ... view full summary | | 4. | Court affirms conviction and death sentence for 2008 triple murder in Bossier City.
State v. Robert Leroy McCoy, 2014-KA-1449 (La. 10/19/16) [139 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 10 Yolanda Colston separated from defendant following an incident of domestic abuse battery in April 2008. On advice from law enforcement, ... view full summary | | INSURANCE
| | 5. | Court prorates duty to defend in long latency disease case.
Daniel Arceneaux v. Amstar Corp., 2015-C-0588 (La. 09/07/16)[23 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 9
American Sugar Refining, Inc. was sued by plaintiffs claiming that they worked at its refinery in Arabi, Louisiana, during years ranging from 1941 through 2006 and suffe... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 6. | Court addresses res nova issues regarding damages, interest, and fees in Louisiana Governmental Claims Act case.
Brandy Fecke v. LSU Board of Supervisors, 2015-C-1806 c/w 2015-C-1807 (La. 09/23/16)[30 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 9
Plaintiff was a twenty-three-year-old senior at LSU when she fractured the talus bone in her ankle while participating in a compulsory rock climbing assignment ... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 7. | Court affirms death sentence for brutal murder of three unarmed brothers.
State v. Marcus Donte Reed, 2014-KA-1980 (La. 09/07/16)[72 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 9
In 2010 a Caddo Parish jury convicted defendant and sentenced him to death for the first-degree murder of three unarmed brothers, Jeremiah, Jarquis, and Gene Adams.... view full summary | | 8. | Court orders appeal vacated and case remanded for district court to comply with earlier order of the Court.
State v. Alireza Sadeghi, 2016-KK-1589 (La. 09/09/16)[3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 9
Defendant was charged with second degree rape and video voyeurism. The district court granted a protective order prohibiting defendant from contacting the al... view full summary | | 9. | District court should not have suppressed evidence from laptop of pornography involving juveniles.
State v. Donald Crochet, 2016-KK-1123 (La. 09/23/16)[2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 9
Pursuant to a warrant, officers searched defendant's home to look for a stolen iPhone. While there they found twenty-three one-pound bags of marijuana, along wi... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| | 10. | 18th JDC judge suspended from office for one year.
In re: Judge J. Robin Free, 2016-O-0434 (La. 06/29/16) [63 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 7 Respondent is Judge J. Robin Free of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parishes of
Iberville, Pointe Cou... view full summary | | 11. | 18th JDC judge suspended from office for fifteen days.
In re: Judge James J. Best, 2015-O-2096 (La. 06/29/16) [22 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 7 Respondent is Judge James J. Best of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parishes of
Iberville, Pointe Coupe... view full summary | | 12. | Pointe Coupee justice of the peace removed from office.
In re: Justice of the Peace J. Roosevelt Gremillion, 2016-O-0054 (La. 06/29/16) [31 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 24, Issue 7 Respondent is Justice of the Peace J. Roosevelt Gremillion of District Seven, Pointe Coupee Parish.
The Judiciary Commission found he ... view full summary |
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