Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1998

State v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 19, 1998 · Being, Calogero, Deny, Discretion, Docket, Dorthey, Grant, Johnson, Kimball, Lemmon, Requirements, Satisfied, That, Trial, Writ

720 So. 2d 1208; 1998 La. LEXIS 2074; 1998 WL 485395 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

In re State of Louisiana;—Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “B”, No. 388-303; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 97KW-2580.

Granted. The judgment of the trial court is reversed. The matter is remanded to the trial judge for reconsideration in light of State v. Johnson, 97-1906 (La.3/4/98), 709 So.2d 672.

CALOGERO, C.J., and LEMMON, J., would grant and docket. KIMBALL, J., not on panel. JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ, being of the opinion that the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and has satisfied the requirements of State v. Dorthey, 623 So.2d 1276.

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