| FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 40
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions handed down on the 4th
day of May, 2001, are as follows:
PER CURIAM:
2000-K-
0862 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN DUMAS (Parish
of Caddo)
(Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted
Felon)
Accordingly, the decision of the Second
Circuit is reversed, respondent's conviction and sentence
are reinstated, and this case is remanded to the district
court for execution of sentence.
JUDGMENT OF COURT OF APPEAL REVERSED;
CONVICTION AND SENTENCE REINSTATED; CASE REMANDED.
Philip C. Ciaccio, Justice Pro Tempore,
sitting for Associate Justice Harry T. Lemmon.
JOHNSON, J., dissents and will assign
reasons.
2000-B-
2966 IN RE: PIERRE F. GAUDIN, JR.
Upon review of the findings and recommendation
of the hearing committee and disciplinary board, and
considering the record, briefs, and oral argument, it
is ordered that Pierre F. Gaudin, Jr. be suspended from
the practice of law in Louisiana for a period of eighteen
months, retroactive to February 2, 2000, the date of
his interim suspension. All costs and expenses in the
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 the
finality of this court's judgment until paid.
Philip C. Ciaccio, Justice Pro Tempore,
sitting for Associate Justice Harry T. Lemmon.
JOHNSON, J., dissents and would impose
a harsher penalty.
VICTORY, J., dissents and would impose
a harsher sanction.
TRAYLOR, J., dissents and would
impose a harsher sanction. |
