Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 22, 1992No. CA 91 0799PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANIER, Judge.
This action is a civil suit for damages alleging breach of a plea bargain in a criminal case. The trial court held a plea bargain in a criminal case is not a conventional obligation for purposes of the civil law and dismissed the suit. This devolutive appeal followed.
FACTS
The district attorney for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (19th JDC) charged in a bill of information that the plaintiff, Ernest Lewis, “on or about the Seventh (7th) day of July, 1983, committed the offense(s) of FELONY THEFT violating Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:67,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. GreerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- Matter of American Waste & Poll. ControlSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- State v. CaminitaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- State v. ChalaireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- State v. CanadaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
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