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| 1. | Court orders reconsideration of other crimes evidence.
State v. Kyle David Joekel, 2019-KK-01735 (La. 01/08/2020) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a Shreveport police
officer. The State sought to introduce evidence of other crimes under ... view full summary |
| 2. | Bourbon Street pat-down was justified under Terry.
State v. Michael Tate, 2019-KK-1618 (La. 01/14/2020) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant was observed on Bourbon Street in New Orleans talking with a man who was
rolling a substance in cigar paper. Believing the substance to be marij... view full summary |
| 3. | Defendant allowed to withdraw guilty plea because he was not properly advised of parole eligibility.
State v. Derek O'Keefe, 2019-KH-0608 (La. 01/14/2020) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Pursuant to an agreement with the State, defendant pled guilty to forcible rape, La. R.S. Section
14:42.1. The district court sentenced him to 25 years in prison at ha... view full summary |
| 4. | District court ordered to act on habeas application.
State v. Lee Roy Jenkins, 2019-KH-01531 (La. 01/14/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
The Court issued an order after defendant contended that the district court failed to act on
an application for post-conviction relief filed in March 2010. If that repr... view full summary |
| 5. | Court grants reconsideration of denial of supervisory writ, remands for suppression hearing.
State v. Albert Franklin, 2019-KK-01454 (La. 01/14/2020) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant moved to suppress his confession, and the district court denied the motion
without holding an evidentiary hearing. The First Circuit denie... view full summary |
| 6. | District court ordered to act on more than eight-year-old claim for return of seized property.
State v. Adolphus Wilson, Sr., 2019-KH-00494 (La. 01/22/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant represented to the Court that on July 8, 2011, he filed with the Criminal District
Court for the Parish of Orleans a claim for return of seized property under... view full summary |
| 7. | Court orders Second Circuit to act on indigent defendant's writ application.
State v. Rodney Lewis, 2019-KH-2021 (La. 01/22/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
In April 2018 defendant submitted to the Second Circuit an application for supervisory writ
of review and request for remand. When the court of appeal did not act on th... view full summary |
| 8. | Court applies 2017 Amendments to Habitual Offender Law.
State v. Terrel Belvin, 2019-K-0905 (La. 01/18/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant was convicted of second-degree battery in the beating of a French Quarter
musician in 2014 that left the victim with severe brain injuri... view full summary |
| 9. | Court applies 2017 Amendments to Habitual Offender Law.
State v. Prince Record, 2019-K-0521 (La. 01/28/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Like State v. Belvin, above, this case involved application of the amendments to Louisiana's
Habitual Offender Law. In May 2017 defendant was convicted of simple escape... view full summary |
| 10. | Court remands for application of proper version of Habitual Offender Law.
State v. William Chester Farry, Jr., 2019-K-0566 (La. 01/28/2020) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
This case also involved the issue of whether the 2017 Amendments to the Habitual Offender
Law applied to defendant's sentence. In 2015 defendant was convicted ... view full summary |
| 11. | Evidence of defendant's viewing child pornography was relevant to charges of sex crimes involving a victim under the age of seventeen.
State v. Thomas Fife, 2019-KK-01833 (La. 01/28/2020) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
Defendant was charged with sex offense crimes involving a victim under the age of
seventeen. The State sought to introduce evidence under La. Code Evid. ar... view full summary |
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Versions of pleading filed by facsimile and by hand were identical for purposes of statute, despite different signature forms.
Jason Meadows v. Christy Adams, 2019-OC-1724 (La. 01/22/2020) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 18, Issue 1
In this domestic matter, the district court dismissed plaintiff's claims with prejudice on May
8, 2018. The notice of judgment was mailed on May 9, and plaintiff filed ... view full summary |