A vicious and reportedly unprovoked attack in Baton Rouge has revived debate about hate crimes. The incident resulted in a family of three being badly beaten. One man was charged with felony second-degree battery and two other individuals were charged with misdemeanor...
Complex Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense & Insurance Claims
Month: May 2013
Louisiana man’s sentence reduced from 70 years to 35
Sometimes a change in law or circumstances will prompt a judge to take a second look at a prisoner's sentence. Resentencing brings up important issues of criminal defense. Recently, a Louisiana judge has reduced the sentence of a man convicted for his role in a fatal...
Businessman facing drug charges related to synthetic marijuana
In recent years, smoke shops across the country have sold synthetic marijuana as a supposedly legal alternative to prohibited drugs. However, Louisiana and a number of other states now outlaw the substance, treating it much like other controlled substances, with the...
Louisiana man sentenced to probation in fraud probe
A Louisiana man was recently sentenced to three years of probation, fined $5,000 and ordered to pay a share of a $160,000 settlement as part of a federal investigation into corruption in Jefferson Parish. The man pleaded guilty last year to charges of fraud and theft....
Nine Louisiana men face federal child pornography charges
The Louisiana Attorney General's office recently announced that nine men had been arrested and charged with child pornography offenses after an undercover sting operation. The Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force organized the sting, named...