Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-01 16:05:58.418514+00
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STATE       OF LOUISIANA                                                                       NO.     2023     KW     1247

VERSUS

AMERICAN           ELECTRONIC                                                                   MARCH          1,     2024
MONITORING,              LLC

In    Re:              American          Electronic                                           LLC,
                                                                    Monitoring,                        applying             for
                       supervisory           writs,              20th           Judicial            District          Court,
                       Parish      of West        Feliciana,              No.    22- WFLN- 238.

BEFORE:            WELCH,          WOLFE,        AND        STROMBERG,          JJ.

        WRIT           GRANTED.            The        conduct         alleged              against     the      defendant
does        not    provide           a     legal       basis         for    the        offense         charged.             See
State       v.    DeJesus,           94- 0261 (         La.     9/ 16/ 94),           642     So. 2d   854,         855 (   per
curiam).          Furthermore,              if it appears that the offense charged was
not    committed              by     the    defendant,               the        trial       court      may     order        the
indictment              quashed,           and     it        may     indeed           be    reversible              error     to
fail    to        do    so.    La.       Code     Crim.        P.    arts.        485,       532 ( A) ( 4) ;        State    v.
Robinson,              2020- 01389 (            La.         3/ 9/ 21),          312        So. 3d    255,       256 (       per
curiam).
                    Accordingly, the district court erred by not ordering
the    bill        of information quashed.  The ruling denying the motion
to    quash        is    reversed,          the       motion         is    granted,           and    this      matter         is
remanded to the district court for further proceedings.

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        Welch,          J.,    concurs.

 URT        OF APPEAL,          FIRST       CIRCUIT

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                  TY CLERK OF COURT
                   FOR THE         COURT