Legal Opinion
State v. Higginbotham
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 6, 2011No. 2011-KK-0564PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, J.,
would grant defendant’s writ application and assigns, reasons.
FACTS:
| defendant, Bobby Higginbotham, a former mayor of the Town of Waterproof, was charged by a grand jury with a 44-count indictment on February 12, 2009. The indictment was amended, dropping 42 of the counts. One count of public contract fraud, (violation of LSA-R.S. 14:140), was added to the remaining two charges of malfeasance in office 1 and a violation of LSA-R.S.14:67. 2 The state filed a motion to disqualify Mr. Higginbotham’s retained counsel (who was the town attorney), based on a conflict of interest, which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Hardy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- State v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
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3Cited by19 opinions
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