State Of Louisiana v. Michael Yates ( 2021 )

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1251 VERSUS MICHAEL LANE YATES DECEMBER 30, 2021 In Re: Michael Lane Yates, applying for supervisory writs, 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No. 41091. BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., PENZATO AND HESTER, JJ. WRIT DENIED. VGW AHP Hester, J., dissents and would grant the writ application. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14: 403. 10( A) provides immunity from prosecution to a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug- related overdose for possession of a controlled dangerous substance under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law if the evidence for possession of a controlled dangerous substance was obtained as a result of the persons seeking medical assistance and the person seeking medical assistance did not illegally provide or administer the controlled dangerous substance to the individual experiencing the drug- related overdose. The drugs seized from the defendant were obtained as a result of the defendant seeking medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug- related overdose, and there was no evidence presented at the motion to quash hearing that the defendant provided the controlled dangerous substance to the individual experiencing the drug- related overdose. Therefore, I find the trial court erred by denying the motion to quash. COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DEPUTY CLE K OF COURT FOR THE COURT