Legal Opinion
State v. Butler
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 2015No. 2014-KA-1016PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge ROSEMARY LEDET.
11 This is a criminal appeal. The State seeks review of the district court’s ruling granting the defendant’s motion to quash the bill of information based on double jeopardy. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS1
On August 24, 2012, at 1:00 a.m., a male subject armed with a semiautomatic firearm walked into Gene’s Po-Boys, located at 1040 Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana. The subject pointed the gun at the workers behind the counter and demanded cash from the register. The subject fled with approximately $800 in cash.
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2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Sealfon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- State v. LoveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
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