State v. Maurice

JiSCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This comes to us on the application of the State of Louisiana to review the decision of an appellate division of the Criminal District Court of the Parish of Orleans reversing defendant’s conviction of simple battery. We reverse that decision and reinstate defendant’s conviction and sentence.

Defendant was charged with simple battery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:35, arising out of an incident which occurred on June 22, 1994. The defendant, a New Orleans police lieutenant, was first charged on June 23, 1994, with battery under the New Orleans Municipal Code. That ease was…