Legal Opinion
State v. Noel
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 2014No. 2013-KA-1218PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.
|TIn this criminal appeal, the State seeks review of the district court’s judgment granting defendant’s motion to quash. Defendant contends the State’s appeal should be dismissed as abandoned due to its failure to pursue the appeal for almost five years. For the reasons that follow, we deny defendant’s motion to dismiss finding the State has not abandoned its appeal and affirm the district court’s judgment granting the motion to quash.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On November 8, 2006, Michael Noel, defendant, was arrested for simple burglary. On January 5,…
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