Legal Opinion

State v. Stanley

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 14, 2015No. 49,683-JAKPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

|, The defendant, Charles Elgin Stanley, was charged by bill of information with failure to pay his child support obligation, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:75. Subsequently, the defendant filed a motion to quash the bill of information. The trial court granted the motion to quash, finding that the time to initiate prosecution had prescribed. The State of Louisiana appeals, urging that the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to quash. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

In August 1994, the defendant was ordered to pay $1,498.00 per month in child support for his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. LoveSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  2. United States v. Lynn Truman CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  3. City of Baton Rouge v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  4. State v. HallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
  5. State v. JamesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  5. State of Louisiana v. Morgan Gray McGoughLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2021

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