Legal Opinion

State v. Schwehm

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 19, 1999No. 98-K-1599PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

729 So.2d 548 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Jerry SCHWEHM.

No. 98-K-1599.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 19, 1999.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Walter P. Reed, Dist. Atty., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jack E. Hoffstadt, for Applicant.

Lloyd Walters, Paul R. Baier, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:[*]

Prosecutions for malfeasance of office as defined by La.R.S. 14:134(1) and 14:134(2) presuppose the existence of "a statute or provision of the law which delineates an affirmative duty upon the official." State v. Perez, 464 So.2d 737, 741 (La.1985). This duty "must be expressly…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. PerezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  2. State v. SchwehmLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  3. State v. SchwehmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. PetittoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
  2. State v. BoyteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
  3. Schwehm v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  4. State v. FergusonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  5. State v. HarrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011

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