IN RE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT

No. 52,393-CA.

255 So.3d 707 (2018)

IN RE: COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN 42ND DISTRICT INDIGENT DEFENDER OFFICE AND 42ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered September 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH P. HAINES , Counsel for First Appellant, Gary Evans, District Attorney.

ROBERT S. NOEL, II , Counsel for Second Appellant, Indigent Defender Board and Steven R. Thomas.

DANIELLE E. DAVIS , BRUCE HAMILTON , Counsel for Amici Curiae, Southern Poverty Law Center and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of La.

Before BROWN, MOORE, and GARRETT, JJ.


The District Attorney of DeSoto Parish and the Public Defender of DeSoto Parish appeal a judgment that declared unconstitutional and annulled the parties' Cooperative Endeavor Agreement ("CEA") to allocate some of the fees from the District Attorney's traffic diversion program to fund the Public Defender's office. The District Attorney...

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