Legal Opinion

State v. Duheart

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 14, 2013No. 2013-KA-1105PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

h The state has appealed for the second time from a ruling by the district court declaring La.R.S. 32:101(A)(1), which requires that a vehicle approaching and making a right hand turn do so “as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway,” unconstitutionally vague.

In State v. Duheart, 12-0085 (La.10/26/12), - So.3d -, 2012 WL 5275493, this Court held that the district court erred in sua sponte declaring this statute unconstitutional as a basis for granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from him during a routine traffic stop of the vehicle in which he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Michigan v. DeFillippoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Louisiana Federation of Teachers v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
  3. State v. DuheartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State of Louisiana v. Gerald Brent DebargeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. State v. AltenbergerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2014

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