STATE EX REL. BRASSEAUX v. SPELL

No. 3219.

238 So.2d 254 (1970)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Dunice P. BRASSEAUX, Plaintiff-Relator, v. Honorable Carrol L. SPELL, Judge, 15th Judicial District, Respondent.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domengeaux, Wright & Bienvenu, by W. Paul Hawley, Lafayette, for plaintiff-relator.

J. Minos Simon, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, for defendant-respondent.

Before FRUGE, SAVOY, HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We granted this writ of certiorari to review the refusal of the trial court to try a civil jury case (Brasseaux v. Girouard) until the criminal trial involving the same incident is "concluded and finally disposed of."

The ruling violates relator's rights in violation of the 14th Amendment, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, and in violation of Article 1, Sections 2 and 6 of the Louisiana Constitution.

"No State shall make or...

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