State of Louisiana v. DAVID BOURG

FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #52 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 11th day of December, 2019, are as follows: PER CURIAM: 2019-K-00038 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAVID BOURG (Parish of Allen) As we noted in State v. King, 15-1283 (La. 9/18/17), 232 So.3d 1207, a long line of jurisprudence has emphasized that a grant of new trial pursuant to 851(B)(1) leaves nothing for appellate court review. None of these cases, however, addressed whether the district court applied the correct legal standard in weighing the evidence as a thirteenth juror. While…