FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 38
FROM : CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions
handed down on the 26th day of May, 2000
, are as follows:
BY
CALOGERO, C.J. :
1999-K-
2209 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN CARR (Parish of
E. Baton Rouge)
(Operating a
Vehicle While Intoxicated)
For the reasons
assigned, the judgment of the court of appeal is REVERSED.
The trial court judgment granting defendant's motion
to quash the bill of information, which charged defendant
with DWI, is reninstated. The case is remanded to the
trial court for further proceedings.
JOHNSON, J.,
not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
KIMBALL, J.,
dissents.
VICTORY, J.,
dissents.
TRAYLOR,
J., dissents and assigns reasons.
KNOLL,
J., concurs for additional reasons .
PER
CURIAM :
1999-K-
1569 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FIDELIS OWUNTA (Parish
of Orleans)
(Carnal Knowledge
of a Juvenile - Five Counts)
Accordingly,
the decision of the court of appeal is reversed, relator's
conviction and sentence are vacated, and this case is
remanded to the district court for further proceedings
consistent with the views expressed herein.
CONVICTION AND
SENTENCE REVERSED; CASE REMANDED.
VICTORY, J.,
not on panel. See La. S.Ct. Rule IV, Part II, §
3.
1999-B-
3593 IN RE: EDWARD L. HENDERSON
(Disciplinary
Proceedings)
Upon review of
the findings and recommendation of the hearing committee
and the disiplinary board, and considering the record,
briefs, and oral argument, it is ordered that Edward
L. Henderson be suspended from the practice of law in
Louisiana for a period of two years. All costs and expenses
in this matter are assessed against respondent in accordance
with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal
interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality
of this court's judgment until paid.
TRAYLOR, J.,
not on panel. Rule IV, Part II, § 3.
JOHNSON,
J., dissents and assigns reasons.
2000-B-
0086 IN RE: EARL BOYDELL, JR.
(Disciplinary
Proceedings)
Upon review of
the findings and recommendations of the hearing committee
and the disciplinary board, and considering the record,
briefs, and oral argument, it is ordered that Earl Boydell,
Jr. be suspended from the practice of law in Louisiana
for a period of three years. All costs and expenses
in this matter are assessed against respondent in accordance
with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal
interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality
of this court's judgment until paid.
MARCUS, J., not
on panel. Rule IV, Part II, § 3.
CALOGERO, C.J.,
dissents only regarding the discipline imposed and would
suspend respondent from practicing law for 18 months.
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