Legal Opinion
Wellman v. Evans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 16, 2004No. 03-1720PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
11 COOKS, Judge.
This appeal involves a claim for damages arising from the murder of Ernest Prater, Jr., who was shot and beaten to death on the evening of August 27, 1997. Prater was killed after traveling to the Vernon Parish Spillway with Johnny Evans, Jr. and Eric Pickens. Pickens pled guilty to manslaughter and testified against Evans who was eventually convicted of the second degree murder of Prater.
At the time of his death, Prater was working as a confidential informant for the Beauregard Parish Drug Task Force. The Task Force was a joint venture between the DeRidder City Police…
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