STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0725 VERSUS

GENELLA CARTER AUG 052019 In Re: Genella Carter, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Feliciana, No. - CR - 941.

BEFORE: McDONALD, THERIOT, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART; WRIT DENIED IN PART. The April 2, 2019 order of forfeiture of the mare is affirmed, but the forfeiture of the other two horses is reversed. Relator was convicted of one count of cruelty to animals, and there is an insufficient basis for forfeiture of the other horses. See La. R. S. 14: 102. 2( D).

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Theriot, J., dissents. The State may not move for reconsideration of sentence in a misdemeanor. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 881. 1( A)( 2).

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CL OF COURT FOR THE COURT