STATE v. WEST

No. 66373.

384 So.2d 784 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. David WEST.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Herman L. Lawson, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Wayne Douglas Mancuso, Jefferson, for defendant-appellant.


PER CURIAM.

We granted writs to consider whether a timely filed motion to set aside a judgment of bond forfeiture should be defeated solely because the supporting evidence was not produced within the six month period prescribed by law. Finding that the timely commencement of proceedings to vacate the judgment satisfied the time limitation, we reverse the denial of the motion.

On January 29, 1979, relator David West and three other men were arrested in DeSoto...

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