STATE v. ROCHON

No. 2011-KA-0009.

75 So.3d 876 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana v. Larry ROCHON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Matthew Caplan, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellant.

Orleans Public Defenders, Emily Voshell, for Appellee.

Robert Chase Abendroth, Esq. , for Louisiana Department of Justice (Amicus Curiae).

Jee Y. Park, Esq. , for Orleans Public Defenders (Amicus Curiae).


KIMBALL, C.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 district court declared Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 496 unconstitutional under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as Article I, Section 5 of the Louisiana Constitution. For the reasons that...

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