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STATE v. NATIONS

No. 82-K-1315.

420 So.2d 967 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas NATIONS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Marabella, Jr., Leo J. D'Aubin, Baton Rouge, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Louis Daniel, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Under article 578 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the state has one year from the institution of prosecution to bring a misdemeanor case to trial. This period of limitation is interrupted under certain, narrowly defined, circumstances, including when the defendant absents himself from his usual place of abode within the state, with the purpose of avoiding detection, apprehension, or prosecution. C.Cr.P. 579. The state bears a heavy burden of showing...

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