State of Louisiana v. Kenton Crooms

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 22-664 consolidated with 22-663

STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS KENTON CROOMS

********** APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF VERMILION, NO. 63023 C/W 63022 HONORABLE THOMAS JAMES FREDERICK, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** GUY E. BRADBERRY JUDGE ********** Court composed of Candyce G. Perret, Charles G. Fitzgerald, and Guy E.

Bradberry, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

Donald D. Landry District Attorney Lauren M. Hue Assistant District Attorney 15th Judicial District Court N. State Street, Ste. 215 Abbeville, LA 70510 (337) 898-4320 COUNSEL FOR: State of Louisiana G. Paul Marx Louisiana Appellate Project P.O. Box 82389 Lafayette, LA 70598-2389 (337) 237-2537 COUNSEL FOR: Kenton Crooms BRADBERRY, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion consolidated case hereto, State of Louisiana v. Robert Crooms, Jr., 22-663 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/__), ___ So.3d ___, the State has similarly failed to meet its burden of proving an abuse of discretion in the trial court’s granting of Defendant’s motion to quash. Accordingly, the ruling on the motion to quash for improper venue is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.