State v. Bibbins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Per curiam
_JjWrit granted. The ruling of the trial court is reversed. We may take judicial notice that the impending landfall of Hurricane Isaac in southeast Louisiana led to the closure of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on August 28, 2012 and prevented the state from bringing defendant to trial on that date. La.C.E. art. 201(C) (“A court may take judicial notice [of adjudicative facts], whether requested or not.”); State v. Foneseca, 378 So.2d 389, 392 (“[W]e are entitled to take judicial notice of the facts of nature [such as time of sunset on a particular day] under [former] La.Rev.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. BrazileLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- State v. FonsecaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. LundySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- State v. PatinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
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