Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Larry BAUDOIN
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-11-17
Citations: 533 So. 2d 1071
Docket Number: No. K88-1107
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Larry BAUDOIN.
Judges: Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 533
Pages: 1071–1071

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Larry BAUDOIN.
No. K88-1107.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Nov. 17, 1988.
Richard J. Petre, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe Lafayette, for applicant.
Calvin E. Woodruff, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abbeville, for respondents.
Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.

Opinion:
WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY: The ruling of the trial court that La.R.S. 14:19 does not apply to this case to allow Relator to present evidence of his right to ownership or lawful possession of property to prove use of justifiable force and violence upon the person of another for the purpose of preventing a trespass against such property is reversed, vacated and set aside. Relator has a right to present witnesses and evidence in his defense. U.S. Const., 6th Adm.; La. Const. Art. I, Sec. 16 (1974); Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 87 S.Ct. 1920, 18 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1967).