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CITY OF BATON ROUGE v. COPLEY

No. 63836.

372 So.2d 1215 (1979)

CITY OF BATON ROUGE v. James E. COPLEY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wood, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Marilyn C. Castle, Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, James E. Copley, was convicted by a judge of reckless operation of a vehicle, La.R.S. 14:99, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or spend four days in jail.

At approximately 1:45 a. m. on April 29, 1978, as the defendant Copley slept in a sitting position behind the steering wheel of his car, which was parked on the median of an interstate highway with its engine running and its lights...

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