City of Mandeville v. Randolph Brown

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 1179

VERSUS

RANDOLPH BROWN
JAN 14 2020

In Re: Randolph Brown, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
505- 700.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND BURRIS,' JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The statute at issue, La. R. S. 32: 1241,
requires the offending driver to have entered the highway from
a private road, driveway, alley or building." Relator was on

the sidewalk. He did not enter from any of the four points of

entry set forth in the statute. Relator, therefore, did not

violate La. R. S. 32: 124. Accordingly, relator' s writ is
granted, and the trial court' s ruling that relator violated the
statute is reversed.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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FOR THE COURT

Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment
of the Louisiana Supreme Court.