Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015

State v. Hall

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 5, 2015 · Additionally, Clark, Crichton, Grant, Reasons, Writ

169 So. 3d 348; 2015 La. LEXIS 1268; 2015 WL 3832552 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Taylor (La. Ct. App. 2018)
State v. Casaday (La. Ct. App. 2017)
State v. Ellis (La. Ct. App. 2016)
State v. Dowell (La. Ct. App. 2016)
State v. George (La. Ct. App. 2016)
State v. Hickman (La. Ct. App. 2016)
State v. Sims (La. Ct. App. 2015)

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Opinion of the Court

In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. K, No. 512-478; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2014-KA-1046.

|! Denied.

CLARK, J., would grant the writ. CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.

Concurring Opinion

CRICHTON, J.,

additionally concurs and assigns reasons.

1H agree with the decision to deny this writ application.

*349I write separately to note that, m my view, where a defendant has filed a motion for downward departure from a mandatory minimum statutory term, the trial judge should assign reasons in compliance with Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 894.1(c). La.C.Cr.P. art. 894.1(c) (“The court shall state for the record the considerations taken into account and the factual basis therefor in imposing sentence.”).

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