FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 60
FROM : CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinion(s)
handed down on the 11th day of September,
2000 , are as follows:
PER
CURIAM :
2000-O-
2593 IN RE: FORMER JUDGE LARRY D. JEFFERSON
Considering
that in In
re :
Jefferson , 99-1313 (La. 1/19/00), 753 So.2d
181, reh'g denied , 99-1313 (La. 2/18/00), he was
removed from office during the current term for which
the present election was called, and considering Supreme
Court Rule XXIII, §26 , as adopted February
3, 1997 and pre-cleared by the Justice Department
on August 14, 2000, and this Court's authority to
make rules to enforce its disciplinary authority over
judges pursuant to La. Const. Art. V, §25(C),
and after hearing argument from Mr. Jefferson's counsel,
it is the judgment of this court that Mr. Jefferson
be and hereby is ordered to withdraw as a candidate
for Judge, Division "A" Monroe City Court by 2:00
p.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2000. In the event
Mr. Jefferson fails to withdraw by this time, the
Secretary of State is ordered to remove his name from
the ballot. Any rehearing of this order shall be filed
no later than 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12,
2000.
LEMMON,
J., concurs and assigns reasons.
JOHNSON, J.,
concurs and will assign reasons.
