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STATE v. LAWSON

No. 2013-KA-0812.

129 So.3d 792 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Steven C. LAWSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, J. Bryant Clark, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana/Appellant.

Katherine M. Franks , Louisiana Appellate Project, Abita Springs, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS).

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

The district attorney appeals the trial judge's ruling sustaining Steven Lawson's motion to quash the bill of information because his trial on the charge of unlawful possession of diazepam had not commenced within two years of the filing of the bill of information. See La.C.Cr.P. art. 912 B(1). As there is no question that the trial was not timely commenced within the two-year prescriptive period, the district attorney bore the heavy burden...

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