FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 35

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
 

The Opinions handed down on the 26th day of April, 2002 , are as follows:

 

PER CURIAM :

2000-K- 3136 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ILES M. LEWIS (Parish of Orleans)

(Possession of Cocaine)

The decision of the court of appeal is therefore reversed, the ruling of the trial court on the motion to suppress is reinstated, as are respondent's convictions and sentences by way of guilty pleas premised on review of the suppression issue, see State v. Crosby , 338 So.2d 584 (La. 1976), and this case is remanded to the district court for execution of sentence.

DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL REVERSED; JUDGMENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT REINSTATED; CONVICTION AND SENTENCE REINSTATED; CASE REMANDED.

JOHNSON, J., dissents.


2001-KK- 2081 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)

(Possession of Cocaine)

The trial court therefore erred in granting respondent's motion to suppress the evidence. Accordingly, that order is set aside and this case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the views herein.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons .

JOHNSON, J., dissents and assigns reasons .

WEIMER, J., concurs with additional reasons.




2002-O- 0643 IN RE: JUDGE JOHN A. SHEA

(Judiciary Commission of Louisiana)

For the reasons assigned, it is ordered that Judge John A. Shea be publicly censured for violating Cannons 1, 2A and 7A(1)(b) and (c) of the Code of Judicial Conduct (1976) and Cannons 1, 2A and 7A(1)(b) and (d) of the Code of Judicial Conduct (1996).It is further ordered that Judge John A. Shea reimburse the Louisiana Judicial Commission $976.19,which is the amount of costs incurred during the prosecution and investigation of this case.
 

KIMBALL, J., recused.