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State v. Nations

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 18, 1982No. 82-K-1315PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

420 So.2d 967 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Thomas NATIONS.

No. 82-K-1315.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 18, 1982.

Anthony J. Marabella, Jr., Leo J. D'Aubin, Baton Rouge, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Louis Daniel, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.

2Per curiam

Under article 578 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the state has one year from the institution of prosecution to bring a misdemeanor case to trial. This period of limitation is interrupted under certain, narrowly defined, circumstances, including when…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. DrieverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  2. State v. DevitoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. State v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

4Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. RomeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  2. State v. SordenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
  3. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  4. State v. JosephSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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