Legal Opinion
State v. Burgess
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1989No. 88-KD-1314PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
543 So.2d 1332 (1989)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Paul BURGESS and James L. Fitzgerald.
No. 88-KD-1314.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 1, 1989.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.
A. Bruce Netterville, Gretna, for defendant-appellee.
MARCUS, Justice.
On October 28, 1987, Paul Burgess and James L. Fitzgerald were charged by bill of information with one count of violating La. R.S. 18:1463(B) and one count of violating La.R.S. 18:1463(C). The charges stemmed from a letter sent by the Westbank Citizens for Better…
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