| CRIMINAL
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| 1. | Juror may favor the credibility of police officers because of their "training."
State v. Kang, 2002-K-2812 (La. 10/21/03) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 11 Defendant was convicted of second degree murder for a drive-by shooting. He moved for new trial on the ground of the district court's refusa... view full summary |
| 2. | Smuggling items that are "contraband" under prison rules is not a criminal offense; statute held unconstitutional.
State v. Corey Miller, 2003-KK-0206 (La. 10/21/03) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 11 When deputies at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center ("JPCC") found a silver-colored cellular phone plugged into a charger behind a TV ... view full summary |
| 3. | Copious blood loss insufficient to support conviction for second degree battery.
State v. Jason Helou, 2002-K-2302 (La. 10/23/03) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 11 Defendant appeals his conviction of second degree battery. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Richard were in a store parking lot in Lafayette when a young ... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 4. | District judge removed from office for lying under oath.
In re: Judge C. Hunter King, 03-O-1412 (La. 10/23/03) [27 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 10 Former court reporter Barbara Wallace filed this complaint with the Judiciary Commission against Hon. C. Hunter King, Civil District Cou... view full summary |
| INSURANCE
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| 5. | Penalties against insurer reversed as manifest error.
Reed v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (Parish of Evangeline), 2003-C-0107) [19 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 10 The facts of this suit for penalties against an automobile insurer must be set out in detail. Plaintiff Bonnie Reed, in June, 2000 injured h... view full summary |
| DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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| 6. | Agent commissions on insurance policy renewals are community income.
Ross v. Ross, 2002-C-2984 (La. 10/23/03) [23 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 10 Plaintiff Starks filed this suit to partition community property after the dissolution of her marriage to insurance agent Ross. Before the c... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 7. | Arrest was not unlawful; defendant's resistance supports his conviction.
State v. Chance Ceaser, 2000-K-3021 (La. 10/21/03) [14 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 10 Responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at the home of Ms. Millie Ceaser on April 9,2001, police officers Noel and Stagg found defe... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 8. | City privatization plan does not run afoul of civil service authority.
Civil Service Comm'n v. City of New Orleans, 02-C-1812 (La. 9/9/03) [21 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 9 The Civil Service Commission ("Commission") for the City of New Orleans ("City") brought this suit for an injunction, seeking to prevent the... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 9. | Police had no reasonable suspicion to stop defendants; drug conviction reversed.
State v. Derek Temple, 2002-K-1895 (La. 9/9/2003)[12 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 9 Defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Responding to an attempted burglary report in a housing project,... view full summary |
| 10. | Conviction can be affirmed if evidence supports either of two cumulative charges.
State v. Matthews, 02-K-1121 (La. 9/19/03) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 9 Defendant embezzled by making a check out to a fictitious payee, and indorsing the fictitious payee's signature. He was charged with both fa... view full summary |
| 11. | Misinformation regarding eligibility for good time is colorable due process violation.
State v. Miles, 02-KH-183 (La. 9/5/03) [1 p.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 9 The Court granted relator convict's application in a brief per curiam: "The district court is ordered to appoint counsel for relator and to ... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 12. | Police not liable for failure to provide escort for overloaded 18- wheeler.
Clifford Davis, Jr. v. Charles Witt, 2002-C-3102 (La. 7/2/2003) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 11, Issue 8 Plaintiffs' decedents were killed when they struck creosote poles projecting from the rear of an 18-wheeler driven by defendant Witt. They s... view full summary |