Legal Opinion
Cheatham v. Cox
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 30, 1994No. 94-CA-1022PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
|!ARMSTRONG, Judge.
Plaintiff Willie Cheatham (Cheatham) appeals from the dismissal of his suit against Dr. Aris Cox (Dr. Cox) on an exception of no cause of action. The issue for review is whether Dr. Cox was immune from civil suit by virtue of his status as a court appointed psychiatrist in a criminal prosecution against Cheatham.
In June 1986, Cheatham was convicted of second degree murder. We affirmed Cheat-ham’s conviction in State v. Cheatham, 519 So.2d 188 (La.App. 4th Cir.1987), 'writ den. 523 So.2d 228 (La.1988).
On November 13, 1991, Cheatham, proceeding pro se, filed suit against Dr.…
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