458 So. 2d 1303 | La. | 1984
The state has appealed from a district court judgment holding La.C.Cr.P. art. 493.1 unconstitutional. This is a companion case to State v. Johnson, 458 So.2d 1301 (La.1984), the cases having been consolidated for argument in this Court.
The legal issue and procedural posture in two cases are identical.
Decree
The district court judgment holding that La.C.Cr.P. art. 493.1 is unconstitutional is reversed and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein.
REVERSED; REMANDED..
. The charges, of course, are different. Defendant Hynes was charged in one information with three counts of battery on a police officer in violation of La.R.S. 14:34.2.