Legal Opinion
Smith v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 1990No. 90-1029PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YELVERTON, Judge.
MOTION TO DISMISS
Defendant-appellee, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, seeks to dismiss the appeal of plaintiff-appellant, Roger L. Smith, on the ground that appellant is appealing from an unappealable judgment. For the reasons given below, we convert appellant’s appeal to an application for supervisory relief and grant writs in this matter in order to avoid irreparable harm.
According to appellant’s driver’s license and traffic conviction record, appellant submitted to a test, presumably a chemical test for intoxication, on April 20, 1990. Apparently, the test must…
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