STATE v. CATALON

No. 14-768.

158 So.3d 114 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin James CATALON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl B. Taylor , District Attorney, Alisa Ardoin Gothreaux , Assistant District Attorney, Opelousas, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant — State of Louisiana.

Pride Justin Doran , Doran & Cawthorne Law Firm, PLLC, Opelousas, LA, for Defendant/Appellee — Calvin James Catalon.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


The State appeals the trial court's grant of Defendant's Motion to Quash. The defense based its motion on the State's alleged failure to commence trial within the two-year prescriptive period when prosecution was instituted. The State initiated prosecution against Defendant in 2009. Subsequently, Defendant was incarcerated...

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