State v. Jones

EZELL, Judge.

hThe Defendants, Joseph Jones and Plaisance Development Corporation (PDC), were charged in a bill of information filed on June 24, 2010, with fifteen counts of violating the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES), violations of La.R.S. 30:2076.2(B).1 On the same date, Jones and PDC entered pleas of not guilty.

Jury selection commenced on August 29, 2011, and the jury found Jones and PDC guilty on all charges on September 1, 2011. On October 19, 2011, Jones was sentenced as follows: 1) counts 1, 4, and 14 — -knowingly exceeding the effluent limitations— two years…