STATE v. JONES

No. 13-395.

130 So.3d 1 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. William JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. DeRosier , District Attorney — Fourteenth Judicial District, Christy Rhoades , Karen C. McLellan , Carla S. Sigler , Assistant District Attorneys, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for State of Louisiana.

Edward K. Bauman , Louisiana Appellate Project, for William Jones.

Court composed of JAMES T. GENOVESE, SHANNON J. GREMILLION and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.


GENOVESE, Judge.

In this domestic abuse battery case, the State appeals the trial court's grant of Defendant's Motion to Quash on the basis of double jeopardy. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 14, 2012, at 8:43 p.m., Defendant, William Jones, was arrested and jailed for domestic abuse battery by strangulation stemming from an altercation between him and his girlfriend in Sulphur, Calcasieu...

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