STATE v. PETITTO

No. 2010-K-0581.

59 So.3d 1245 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael PETITTO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell , Scott M. Perrilloux , Patricia Dale Parker , for Applicant.

John Garrison Jordan , for Respondent.


WEIMER, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to determine whether the district court erred in granting a motion to quash an indictment charging a parish councilman with two counts of malfeasance in office, violations of LSA-R.S. 14:134. The malfeasance is based on alleged violations of duties imposed upon public officials by two provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics. Finding the district court erred in ruling that the two-count indictment...

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