Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Woodrow KAREY, Jr. a/k/a Woodrow Karey, II
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-09-06
Citations: 224 So. 3d 959
Docket Number: No. 2016-K-0377
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Woodrow KAREY, Jr. a/k/a Woodrow Karey, II
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 224
Pages: 959–959

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Woodrow KAREY, Jr. a/k/a Woodrow Karey, II
No. 2016-K-0377
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
09/06/2017

Opinion:
CRICHTON, J.,
would grant rehearing and assigns reasons:
hFor the reasons assigned in my dissent, State v. Karey, 16-K-0377, 224 So.3d 959 (Crichton, J,, dissenting), I would grant this rehearing application. Based on a paltry yet highly disputed set of facts, this Court found that there was evidence to support the district court's finding of an enforceable agreement not to prosecute. I remain bewildered as to why such an 'important' agreement was not reduced to writing and, in terms of the civilian contractual concept of cause, even more puzzled as to what benefit the prosecution gained from entering into any such arrangement. Fortunately, the plurality opinion lacks precedential authority but, in my view,' it results in an injustice in this case. Moreover, this case tolerates a bad example, which I fear will likely have a chilling effect on communications between prosecutors and defense attorneys.