State of Louisiana v. Corei K. Guidry

CRICHTON, J.,

additionally concurs and assigns reasons.

hi agree with the majority’s treatment of the narrow issue presented by this case. However, I write separately -to voice my support of-Justice Guidry’s additional concurrence, specifically his view that the current jurisprudence subverts the will of the legislature. The Louisiana- Constitution imbues the legislature with the sole authority to define conduct as criminal and provide penalties for such conduct. La. Const. art. 3, § I; State v. Taylor, 479 So.2d 339, 341 (La. 1985). As noted by the majority in its opinion, “the jury is the…