State v. Arabie

Feb 20, 1987
86-K-2284
Reporters:
,
Before:
Lemmon, Dixon, Calogero

Denied.

LEMMON, J., concurs with reasons.

DIXON, C.J., and CALOGERO, J., would grant the writ.

LEMMON, Justice, concurring in the Denial of the Application.

The double jeopardy problem ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‍encountered in Hudson v. Louisiana, 450 U.S. 40, 101 S.Ct. 970, 67 L.Ed.2d 30 (1981), is not present here. The trial judge reviewed the jury verdict (on a post-verdict motion ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‍for acquittal) as a question of law and rendered a judgment of conviction on the lesser included responsive offense of manslaughter. La.C.Cr.P. art. 821 C. The court of appeal further ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‍reviewed the trial court‘s action as a question of law and properly reinstated the verdict of guilty of second degree murder. This action by the court of appeal ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‍was not a retrial of the defendant and did not constitute a double jeopardy violation.