Legal Opinion
Connick v. Ward
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 12, 1977No. 8819PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REDMANN, Judge.
Louisiana law provides that all “fines and forfeitures” collected in Orleans criminal cases shall be paid to the district attorney. La.R.S. 15:571.11(D). Plaintiff district attorney alleges that defendant judges (not all of the judges) of the Criminal District Court have imposed, as part of a criminal sentence or as a condition of probation, payments into the “Appellate Process (Support) Fund” (created by a divided court en banc to meet certain expenses of the court). Defendant sheriff -collects those payments and “has been ordered by the defendant judges to pay the proceeds”…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Maryland National Insurance v. GarrisonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Arthurs v. VilleréSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Pounds v. TheardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Angelico v. CannizzaroLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
- Wells v. Criminal District Court of Orleans ParishLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016