INNOCENCE PROJECT v. POLICE DEPT.

No. 2013-CA-0921.

129 So.3d 668 (2013)

INNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS v. The NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT, Ronal Serpas, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Davis , Innocence Project New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Sharonda R. Williams , City Attorney, Churita H. Hansell , Deputy City Attorney, Kimlin S. Lee , Deputy City Attorney, Isaka Rachell Williams , Assistant City Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET.


PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

The Innocence Project of New Orleans, a non-profit law firm which seeks to exonerate wrongfully convicted persons, submitted a public records request to the New Orleans Police Department through its records custodian, Superintendent Ronal Serpas. The records sought by the Innocence Project pertained to the police investigation and arrest of Bennie Brown, whose felony conviction became final in 1993. Superintendent Serpas, however, did not respond...

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