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Date Created: 2024-01-29 18:06:50.110111+00
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STATE         OF LOUISIANA                                                                   NO.       2023     KW    1242

VERSUS

DEBORAH            SHIRLEY
                                                                                          JANUARY            29,     2024

In     Re:             Deborah          Shirley,      applying           for       supervisory               writs,     20th
                       Judicial District               Court,           Parish       of     West       Feliciana,          No.
                       22- WFLN- 236.

BEFORE:                HESTER,      MILLER,        AND      GREENE,          Ji.

         WRIT          GRANTED.
                                         The conduct alleged against relator does not
provide            a    legal       basis       for   the      offense                                   See
                                                                                   charged.                        State    v.
DeJesus,            94- 0261 (       La.      9/ 16/ 94),     642        So. 2d      854,     855 (      per       curiam).
The      negligent              homicide          statute          proscribes               conduct            that     goes
beyond         carelessness,               mistake,          error        in       judgment         or    omission           of

duty.          It      is more          than the mere             failure to do something which a
reasonable              and prudent man would                     do.        See     State     v.      Bowie,         95- 795
 La.     App.          3d Cir. 11/ 13/ 96), 684                   So. 2d       68,    writ     granted,             96- 2987
 La.         1/ 31/ 97),        687      So. 2d    369.        Accordingly,                 the     district           court
erred         by       not
                              ordering          the    bill        of        information            quashed.               The
ruling         denying          the      motion       to    quash        is     reversed,              the     motion       to
quash         is       granted,         and    this    matter           is     remanded           to     the       district
court        for further proceedings.

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 URT     OF APPEAL,                FIRST      CIRCUIT

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              DUTY CLERK OF COURT
                    FOR      THE   COURT