State v. Crooms

Full title: STATE of Louisiana v. Kenton CROOMS.

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Date published: Feb 8, 2023

357 So. 3d 505 (La. Ct. App. 2023)

Opinion

22-664 22-663.

02-08-2023

STATE of Louisiana v. Kenton CROOMS.

Donald D. Landry , District Attorney, Lauren M. Hue , Assistant District Attorney, 15th Judicial District Court, 100 N. State Street, Ste. 215, Abbeville, LA 70510, (337) 898-4320, COUNSEL FOR: State of Louisiana. G. Paul Marx , Louisiana Appellate Project, P.O. Box 82389, Lafayette, LA 70598-2389, (337) 237-2537, COUNSEL FOR: Kenton Crooms. Court composed of Candyce G. Perret, Charles G. Fitzgerald, and Guy E. Bradberry, Judges.

BRADBERRY, Judge.

Donald D. Landry , District Attorney, Lauren M. Hue , Assistant District Attorney, 15th Judicial District Court, 100 N. State Street, Ste. 215, Abbeville, LA 70510, (337) 898-4320, COUNSEL FOR: State of Louisiana.

G. Paul Marx , Louisiana Appellate Project, P.O. Box 82389, Lafayette, LA 70598-2389, (337) 237-2537, COUNSEL FOR: Kenton Crooms.

Court composed of Candyce G. Perret, Charles G. Fitzgerald, and Guy E. Bradberry, Judges.

BRADBERRY, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion consolidated case hereto, State of Louisiana v. Robert Crooms, Jr., 22-663 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2/8/23), ___ So.3d ___, the State has similarly failed to meet its burden of proving an abuse of discretion in the trial court's granting of Defendant's motion to quash. Accordingly, the ruling on the motion to quash for improper venue is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.