State of Louisiana v. Barry Bowie

STATE OF LOUISIANA * NO. 2024-KA-0700 VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL BARRY BOWIE * FOURTH CIRCUIT * STATE OF LOUISIANA * * ******* RLB BELSOME, C. J., CONCURS WITH REASONS I join in the overall decision reached by the majority but write separately to concur in the reversal of Mr. Bowie’s obstruction conviction and to highlight my concerns with the Court’s continued reliance on State v. Scott, 23-0022 (La. App. 4 Cir. 8/30/23), 372 So.3d 42, as a near-dispositive framework for obstruction under La. R.S. 14:130.1. While Scott aimed to clarify what constitutes obstruction, it has since been applied in…