Scott D. Lemoine Beverly P. Lemoine v. Elizabeth P. Wolfe

WEIMER, Justice.

| invoking Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XII,1 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit certified to this court the following question of law:

*364Did the dismissal of Scott Lemoine’s criminal cyberstalking prosecution pursuant to Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 691 constitute a bona fide termination in his favor for the purposes of this Louisiana malicious prosecution suit?

Lemoine v. Wolfe, 575 Fed.Appx. 449, 463 (5th Cir.2014). We accepted certification2 and, for the reasons set forth below, answer that question as follows: A dismissal of a criminal…