Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-28 20:05:26.28445+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

           COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE    OF LOUISIANA                                                          NO.    2023 KW          0146

VERSUS

MARKE.     SPICER,        JR.                                                 MARCH        28,     2023

In Re:       Mark       E.      Spicer,      Jr.,    applying           for    supervisory             writs,
             22nd       Judicial         District         Court,       Parish    of        St.    Tammany,
             No.      3932-F-2019.

BEFORE:      GUIDRY,         C.J., WOLFE AND MILLER,                   JJ.

        WRIT DENIED.

                                                    EW
                                                    SMM

        Guidry,       C.J.,          dissents            and      wbuld         grant        the         writ
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application.          I      find    the     trial    court       abused        its    discretion             by
denying     relator's           motion       to     quash      the      aggravating              felony       of
assault    by     drive-by          shooting        supporting          count    one.            The    trial
court    found that          the    assault       by drive-by          shooting and the murder
of   Officer      Vincent          Liberto    were        part    of     the    same       transaction.
However,    Officer           Liberto        was    not     the        target    of     the       drive-by
shooting,       and    relator        had     exited       his     vehicle       before          allegedly
shooting    Officer          Liberto.        Accordingly,              the    shooting       of    Officer
Liberto    was    not     part      of   a   continuous          transaction          of    the    assault
by drive-by shooting.

COURT    OF APPEAL,          FIRST CIRCUIT

        DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
             FOR THE         COURT