Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1995

State v. Long

State v. Long
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided May 19, 1995 · Calogero, Grant, Johnson, Kimball, Victory, Writ
654 So. 2d 694; 1995 La. LEXIS 1401; 1995 WL 313165 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Long

Opinion of the Court

In re Long, Donald, Jr.; — Defendant(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review, supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of St. John the Baptist, 40th Judicial District Court, Div. “B”, No. 94-026; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 94-KW-0972.

Denied.

Concurring Opinion

CALOGERO, C.J.,

concurs and assigns reasons. Whether the law has placed on the defendant an affirmative duty he cannot perform because of the administrative policies of the Department of Corrections is a defense on the merits properly asserted at trial, La. R.S. 14:18(5), and not by a motion to quash. State v. Marse, 365 So.2d 1319 (La. 1978).

KIMBALL and JOHNSON, JJ., would grant the writ. VICTORY, J., not on panel.

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