Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Minnie ABNEY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-12-14
Citations: 571 So. 2d 638
Docket Number: No. 90-KK-2257
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Minnie ABNEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 571
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Minnie ABNEY.
No. 90-KK-2257.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 14, 1990.

Opinion:
In re Abney, Minnie; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Calcasieu, 14th Judicial District Court, Div. "E", No. 9889-84; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. KW90-0772.
Granted. Judgment of the trial court revoking probation is vacated. The case is remanded to the district court with instructions to the trial judge to consider alternate measures of punishment other than impris onment. See Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660, 103 S.Ct. 2064, 76 L.Ed.2d 221 (1983).