Legal Opinion

State v. Banks

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 30, 2013No. 13-KA-41Published

1Opinion of the Court

HANS J. LILJEBERG, Judge.

|20n August 10, 2010, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Carol H. Banks, with three counts of La. R.S. 14:32, causing the deaths of Gerard Faucheaux, Nelson Faucheaux, and Shirley Faucheaux.1 Thereafter, the State filed three superseding bills of information, ultimately charging defendant with three counts of vehicular homicide in violation of La. R.S. 14:32.1(A)(6).2 On February 7, 2012, defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Defendant proceeded to trial on August 16, 2012. On August 18, 2012, a six-person jury…

2Cases cited22 opinions

Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
State v. TateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
Associated Motors, Inc. v. BurkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929

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