City of Mandeville v. Randolph Brown ( 2020 )

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 1179 VERSUS RANDOLPH BROWN JAN 14 2020 In Re: Randolph Brown, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 505- 700. BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND BURRIS,' JJ. WRIT GRANTED. The statute at issue, La. R. S. 32: 1241, requires the offending driver to have entered the highway from a private road, driveway, alley or building." Relator was on the sidewalk. He did not enter from any of the four points of entry set forth in the statute. Relator, therefore, did not violate La. R. S. 32: 124. Accordingly, relator' s writ is granted, and the trial court' s ruling that relator violated the statute is reversed. VGW JMG WJB COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT ak/,L4attki DEPUTY CL K OF COURT FOR THE COURT Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.