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IN RE TONEY

No. 2012 CA 1887.

145 So.3d 1043 (2014)

In re Royce TONEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Gray Sexton , Alesia M. Ardoin , Jennifer L. Jackson , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant Royce Toney.

Kathleen M. Allen , Aneatra P. Boykin , Michael D. Dupree , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee Louisiana Board of Ethics.

Before PETTIGREW, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.

McCLENDON, J.

In this appeal, Royce Toney, the former Sheriff of Ouachita Parish, challenges a declaratory opinion of the Louisiana Board of Ethics (Ethics Board), finding that Sheriff Toney could not use his campaign funds to pay legal fees that he incurred in connection with the defense of criminal charges against him contained in a federal indictment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 22, 2012,...

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