Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Morrell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 5, 2017No. 2016-CA-1055PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Rosemary Ledet
_JjThis is a mandamus action seeking to obtain documents pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Law, La. R.S. 44:1, et seq.1 Darnell Lewis—an inmate appearing pro se—filed this mandamus action seeking various records relating to his 1998 criminal convictions. Mr. Lewis named three defendants—the Superintendent of Police of the New Orleans Police Department (the “NOPD”); the Orleans Parish District Attorney, Leon Cannizzaro (the “ODA”); and the Criminal District Court’s Clerk of Court, Arthur Morrell (“Mr. Mor-rell”) (collectively the “Defendants”). From the trial court’s…
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