59896 Precedential Processed

State v. Ferina

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed November 14, 1977 · 351 So. 2d 1200

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State v. Beasley 438 So. 2d 1229 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
State v. Thom 438 So. 2d 208 La. 1983
State v. Clayton 427 So. 2d 827 La. 1983
State v. Broadnax 421 So. 2d 238 La. 1982
State v. Hamilton 370 So. 2d 874 La. 1979
State v. Fagot 361 So. 2d 226 La. 1978

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State v. Morris 328 So. 2d 65

Opinion text

351 So.2d 1200 (1977) STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Seymour FERINA, Appellant. No. 59896. Supreme Court of Louisiana. November 14, 1977. *1201 Robert F. DeJean, Sr., DeJean & DeJean, Opelousas, Louis B. Merhige, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant. William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgan J. Goudeau, Jr., Dist. Atty., Patrick G. Quinlan, J. Wensles Parra, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee. TATE, Justice. By joint stipulation, it has been brought to our attention that the appellant died while this appeal was pending. The prosecution in these proceedings is therefore abated. State v. Morris, 328 So.2d 65 (La. 1976). Accordingly, the appeal in this case is dismissed, the judgment of conviction is vacated, and the case is remanded to the district court with instructions to dismiss the indictment. PROSECUTION ABATED, APPEAL DISMISSED.