FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 62

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinion handed down on the 27th day of October, 2006, is as follows:

BY CALOGERO, C.J.:

2006-O -1658 IN RE: JUDGE ALLEN A. KRAKE
(JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA)
Judge Allen A. Krake of the 35th Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant, State of Louisiana, is hereby suspended from judicial office without salary until the remainder of his term, which expires on December 31, 2008, with all but six months of that suspension deferred. Judge Krake is hereby placed on probation for the remainder of his term of office, which expires on December 31, 2008, with the following probationary conditions:

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Furthermore, Judge Krake is hereby ordered to reimburse and pay to the Judiciary Commission $2,800.06 representing the amount of costs incurred in the investigation and prosecution of his case.

JOHNSON, J., dissents and assigns reasons.