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FINE v. SENETTE

No. 97 CA 1851.

714 So.2d 1263 (1998)

James FINE v. Walter J. SENETTE, Jr., Individually and as Assistant District Attorney in and for the Parish of St. Mary.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Fine, Angola, pro se.

William E. Scott, III, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/Appellee Walter J. Senette, Jr.

Before LeBLANC, FOGG and PARRO, JJ.

LeBLANC, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called on to determine whether an assistant district attorney, acting within the course and scope of his responsibilities in a criminal proceeding, is entitled to absolute immunity from a subsequent civil suit for damages.

James Fine,1 plaintiff, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. In 1993, Fine applied for clemency to the Louisiana Board of Pardons. Pursuant...

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