STATE v. VALDES

No. 88-KA-2342.

547 So.2d 9 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alberto VALDES and Josefa Figueras.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rowley, Dist. Atty., Glenn E. Diaz, and Walker H. Drake, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Parish of St. Bernard, for appellee.

Nelson L. Burchfield, Metairie, for appellants.

SCHOTT, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PLOTKIN, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This criminal appeal asks whether a district attorney1 under LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 680(1), has a mandatory duty to recuse himself from the prosecution of a case when the district attorney has a personal interest in the case because he is a member of the board of directors and is a one percent or less shareholder of the victim bank. The answer to this issue is provided in State v...

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