STATE v. WEST

No. 33,133-KW.

754 So.2d 408 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Mardrick WEST, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. McClatchey, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul J. Carmouche, District Attorney, Brian L. King, Asst. Dist. Atty., Counsel for Appellee.

Before NORRIS, C.J., and WILLIAMS and DREW, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge

This pretrial writ application seeks to invoke our supervisory power to overrule the trial court's denial of the state's motion to prohibit the defendant's mistake of law defense at trial. Finding merit to the state's argument, we hereby reverse the trial court's ruling and remand the case for further proceedings.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 21, 1999, the defendant's brother, Marshall Jackson, III, was driving the defendant...

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