Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1988

State v. Baudoin

State v. Baudoin
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Decided November 17, 1988 · Foret, King, Stoker
533 So. 2d 1071; 1988 La. App. LEXIS 2638; 1988 WL 122526 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Baudoin

Opinion of the Court

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY: The ruling of the trial court that La.R.S. 14:19 does not apply to this case to allow Relator to present evidence of his right to ownership or lawful possession of property to prove use of justifiable force and violence upon the person of another for the purpose of preventing a trespass against such property is reversed, vacated and set aside. Relator has a right to present witnesses and evidence in his defense. U.S. Const., 6th Adm.; La. Const. Art. I, Sec. 16 (1974); Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 87 S.Ct. 1920, 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967).

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