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| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 1. | Court clarifies appellate review of decisions of civil service board.
Monroe Municipal Fire and Police Service Board v. Reginald Brown, 2024-CC-00543 (La. 09/03/2025) [29 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
In early 2020 James Mayo, then mayor of the city of Monroe, appointed Reginald Brown as
interim chief of the Monroe Police Department. On July 6, 2020, about five mont... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 2. | Court remands habeas application for consideration of merits.
State v. Bertie Randall Hicks, 2024-KP-01349 (La. 09/10/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant filed an application for post-conviction relief, which the district court dismissed
as untimely. The Court granted a supervisory writ and reversed the dismiss... view full summary | | 3. | Court reverses grant of evidentiary hearing in habeas proceeding.
State v. Ernest Mills, 2025-KP-00512 (La. 09/16/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant filed a second application for post-conviction relief. He argued his guilty plea
should be revisited based on the alleged nondisclosure to him of ... view full summary | | 4. | Court reverses former police chief's drug possession conviction.
State v. Mitch Bratton, 2025-K-00404 (La. 09/16/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant, the former police chief for the Village of Grayson, was charged with malfeasance
in office, theft, unauthorized use of a movable, possession of fl... view full summary | | 5. | Prospective jurors may be informed by either party of applicable mandatory penalty.
State v. Demond Franklin, 2025-KK-01173 (La. 09/17/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
Defendant was charged with second-degree murder, carrying a mandatory sentence of life
in prison. The case proceeded to trial, and defendant filed a motion in limine t... view full summary | | 6. | Court reinstates denial of motion to suppress evidence seized in Slidell drug bust.
State v. Axel Ramon Jarquin, 2025-KW-0002 (La. 09/24/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 9
After a drug bust at a Slidell-area home, defendant was charged with possession of cocaine,
possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He moved to s... view full summary | | DOMESTIC RELATIONS
| | 7. | Court grants emergency writ and enforces arbitrator's choice of high school.
Julie Robert v. Harry Paul Robert, II, 2025-CJ-00957 (La. 08/05/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 8
In this case plaintiff and defendant disagreed as to where their minor son, HR, would attend
high school in Baton Rouge. They entered into a stipulated judgme... view full summary | | 8. | Portion of family court judgment choosing school impinged on authority of domiciliary parent.
Morgan McCann Thibodeaux v. Luke Joseph Thibodeaux, 2025-CJ-00972 (La. 08/06/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 8
Plaintiff and defendant were the parents of two minor children. On July 24, 2025, the East
Baton Rouge Family Court entered a judgment designating defendant, the father... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 9. | Court orders court of appeal to act on writ application.
State v. Joshua Griffin, 2025-KH-0820 (La. 08/22/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 8
In this criminal matter defendant represented that the Third Circuit failed to act timely on a
supervisory writ application filed in March 2025. The Court granted a sup... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 10. | Court reinstates district court judgment for defendant who knocked out plaintiff with a punch.
Justin Irwin v. John Bradley Brent, 2024-C-01043 (La. 06/27/2025) [29 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 7
Plaintiff rented an apartment from defendant. An argument arose between the two over
plumbing repairs. During a heated confrontation plaintiff used his ope... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 11. | Court preliminarily enjoins emergency trash collection contract.
Daniel O. Conwill, IV v. Mayor Latoya Cantrell, 2025-CC-00941 (La. 07/30/2025) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 7
Plaintiffs were residents and business owners in the French Quarter of the City of New
Orleans who filed suit against Mayor Latoya Cantrell in connection ... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 12. | Court grants post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
State v. Brhian Thomas, 2024-KP-00267 (La. 06/27/2025) [25 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 7
On the night of September 4, 2017, defendant's girlfriend, Tarisha Thomas, was at
defendant's home with the young child she shared with Jav... view full summary |
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