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| 1. | Defendant not entitled to evidentiary hearing on claim of error in sentencing.
State v. Kenneth Wayne Whitmore, 2024-KP-0053 (La. 05/07/2024) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 5
Defendant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery. The district court did not impose
the maximum sentences allowed but did order the sentences to run consecutively... view full summary |
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| 2. | Defendant entitled to evidentiary hearing on Brady claim.
Keith Ezidore v. Timothy Hooper, 2023-KP-01312 (La. 05/07/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 5
Petitioner filed post-conviction claims alleging violations of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. (1963), and factual innocence based on recantation. The dist... view full summary |
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| 3. | Motion for preliminary examination filed before bill of information did not suspend limitations.
State v. Kathleen Mouton, 2023-KK-00723 (La. 05/10/2024) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 5
On August 1, 2018, defendant was arrested in Jefferson Davis Parish on a charge of attempted
second-degree murder. On August 10 defense counsel filed a motion for preli... view full summary |
| 4. | Defense failed to preserve error where district court allowed only six peremptory challenges.
State v. Marvin Santiago, 2023-K-00501 (La. 05/10/2024) [10 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 5
Defendant was charged with failure to register and notify as a sex offender after he failed to
renew his registration in 2020. Under La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 799, defe... view full summary |
| 5. | District court erred in not quashing felony charges.
State v. David Klump, 2024-KK-00565 (La. 05/17/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 5
The State charged defendant with four counts of misdemeanor crimes and four counts of
felony crimes. The four felony counts were based on a claim that defendant call... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 6. | Court rejects challenges to incorporation of City of St. George.
Mayor-President Sharon Broome v. Chris Rials, 2023-C-01108 c/w 2023-C-01118 (La. 04/26/2024) [37 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
A petition for incorporation of the City of St. George was filed on March 2, 2018. The area at
issue is located south of and adjacent to the City of Baton Rouge and wit... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 7. | District court had reasonable basis for finding legal malpractice action perempted.
Gregory Faia v. ABC Insurance Company, 2024-C-00144 (La. 04/09/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Attorney Greg Faia filed this suit on April 23, 2021, against attorney Stacy Palowsky and
Palowsky Law, LLC. Faia alleged that Palowsky committed ... view full summary |
| CONTRACTS
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| 8. | Redhibition case remanded to court of appeal for manifest error review instead of de novo.
Michael Desparois v. Timmons International, LLC (La. 04/09/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Defendant was in the business of buying, selling, and leasing new and used 18-wheeler
trucks. In April 2016 it sold plaintiff a 2009 Caterpillar Internatio... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 9. | Judgment could be nullified in part on basis of ill practices.
Jason Christopher Shaffette v. City of Slidell, 2024-C-0063 c/w 0065 (La. 04/03/2024) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Plaintiff filed suit in 2016 against the City of Slidell and St. Tammany Parish alleging they
caused erosion of his immoveable property that was bounded by a drainage c... view full summary |
| 10. | Plaintiff with untimely opposition not entitled to continuance of hearing on summary judgment motion.
Oria Lee Hadwin, Jr. v. ABC Insurance Company, 2024-CC-00072 (La. 04/09/2024) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Plaintiff filed this suit alleging legal malpractice by Christian D. Chesson and Christian D.
Chesson, APLC in connection with ... view full summary |
| 11. | District court ordered to comply with 2019 remand order.
Liquidation Properties, Inc. v Jamie P. Labranche, 2024-OC-00330 (La. 04/10/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
In this action for a mortgage foreclosure by ordinary process, the district court granted
summary judgment for plaintiff. In 2018 it issued a "reformed... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 12. | Defendant entitled to suppression of evidence from investigatory stop.
State v. Myron Bland, 2023-KK-01632 (La. 04/03/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
This opinion with no factual detail indicates an officer conducted an investigatory stop of
defendant in Jefferson Parish and ultimately arrested him. Defendant moved ... view full summary |