Archive of LSCR Articles
Showing entire archive, newest articles first. Articles date back to September 2001. | Jump to a direct Volume/Issue
|
| CRIMINAL
| | 1. | Court orders Second Circuit to act on appellate brief.
State v. Clay Landis Riggs, 2025-KO-0299 (La. 05/29/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
Defendant represented that the Second Circuit failed to act on an appellate brief he filed in
February 2024, which was the subject of an application for rehearing he fi... view full summary | | 2. | Ad hoc colloquy was not a substitute for sanity proceedings.
State v. John (AKA James) Elliot Thompson, 2025-KK-00349 (La. 06/03/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
Defendant's mental capacity to proceed became an issue in the district court. The district
court engaged in a colloquy with defendant and then determined he was com... view full summary | | 3. | Court finds consent to search vehicle and reverses suppression of evidence.
State v. Elnora McNeal, 2025-KK-00413 (La. 06/03/2025) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
Defendant was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. She pled
not guilty and moved to suppress statements and physical evidence officers fo... view full summary | | 4. | Court orders Beauregard Parish judges recused in prosecution of former DeRidder mayor.
State v. Misty Dawn Roberts, 2025-KK-00572 (La. 06/03/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
The former mayor of DeRidder was charged with third-degree rape of a juvenile,
contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, and felony indecent ... view full summary | | 5. | Court reverses suppression of recorded statement.
State v. Leon Curry, III, 2025-KK-00365 (La. 06/17/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
On the morning of April 18, 2022, defendant, who was 69 years old, was brought into the
East Baton Rouge Violent Crimes Unit for questioning. He was informed of his Mir... view full summary | | 6. | Court reverses suppression of evidence after finding valid consent to search vehicle.
State v. Raymond L. Hart, 2025-KK-00568 (La. 06/19/2025) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
Following a valid stop for a traffic violation, defendant gave an officer consent to search his
vehicle. Defendant later moved to suppress evidence that resulte... view full summary | | 7. | Court remands for district court to outline periods of suspension or interruption of prosecution.
State v. Travis Demond Joseph, 2025-KK-00206 (La. 06/25/2025) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
In this case prosecution was instituted by grand jury indictment in September 2018. More
than six years later, in September 2024, defendant filed a motion to quash the ... view full summary | | 8. | Defendants not entitled to Miranda warnings when questioned about their critically injured infant.
State v. John Noehl, 2024-KK-01224 (La. 06/27/2025) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
On May 24, 2022, Analise Noehl called 911 because DN, her seven-month-old son, was having
trouble breathing and was vomiting. EMS brought the infant to Ochsner Medical ... view full summary | | 9. | Court affirms dismissal of petition seeking review of parole revocation.
Gerald Williams v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, 2024-C-00957 (La. 06/27/2025) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 6
In 1985 plaintiff was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 99 years of imprisonment
without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. In 2013, aft... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 10. | Court clarifies doctrine of waiver of abandonment based on post-abandonment acts of defendant.
Foundation Elevation & Repair, LLC v. Kenneth Miller, 2024-C-00810 (La. 05/09/2025) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 5
In 2010 defendants hired plaintiff to perform elevation and foundation work at their home.
In 2012, after defendants fired plaintiff, ... view full summary | | EVIDENCE
| | 11. | District court abused discretion in excluding surveillance evidence without inspecting it.
Bradley Day v. Elvis Dean Thompson, 2024-C-00802 (La. 05/09/2025) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 5
This case arose from a motor vehicle accident. Defendant Elvis Dean Thompson was
operating an 18-wheeler on Interstate 210 in Calcasieu Parish when he rear-... view full summary | | CONTRACTS
| | 12. | Existence of contract precluded claims for negligent professional undertaking and unjust enrichment.
H&O Investments, LLC v. Parish of Jefferson, 2025-CC-00086 (La. 05/20/2025) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 33, Issue 5
Jefferson Parish entered into a contract with plaintiff for cutting grass and vegetation on
certain parish property, including canals and levees. A differe... view full summary |
View next 12 articles
|