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262 So. 3d 888

State v. Vice

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 28, 2019

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2019-01-28

Decided 2019-01-28

GENOVESE, J., would grant for reasons assigned by Justice Hughes.

¶1Hughes, J., would grant the writ.

¶2The judge and the prosecutor, as an officer of the court, have a duty to ensure that criminal defendants, even guilty ones, do not sit in jail after prosecution deadlines have lapsed, without notice or remedy due to the lack of notice. The defendant in this case should be afforded a bond hearing.

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