STATE v. HATTON

No. 2007-KA-2377.

985 So.2d 709 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ray HATTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General, John F. DeRosier, District Attorney, Stephen Coppage Martin, Teri Russo Lacy, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant.

The Law Firm of J. Rodney Baum, J. Rodney Baum, Baton Rouge, for appellee.


KIMBALL, J.

This matter is before us pursuant to this Court's appellate jurisdiction over cases in which a law or ordinance has been declared unconstitutional by the trial court. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D). The trial court granted defendant's Motion to Quash on the basis that La. R.S. 14:81.3(C)(3) violates La. Const. art. I, § 22, "Access to Courts," and La. Const. art. I, § 13, "Rights of the Accused." For the reasons that follow, the trial court's...

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