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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA 99-KK-1004 STATE OF LOUISIANA versus DAVID E. JOSHLIN On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Parish of East Feliciana

KNOLL, Justice* The State charged David E. Joshlin (defendant), a Texas resident, by bill of information with insurance fraud (Count 2), a violation of LA. REV. STAT. ANN. 22:1243.1 The State alleged that on or about December 16 and/or 18, 1995, defendant presented written statements to CNA Insurance Company2 (CNA) in support of a claim for payment as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of Bennie Frank Joshlin (Bennie), defendant's brother, knowing the statements contained false and/or fraudulent information. Defendant filed a motion to quash Count 2 on the ground that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the offense because the act constituting the offense, the filing of the insurance claim, occurred wholly outside Louisiana. At the hearing on the motion to quash, neither the State nor the defendant introduced evidence. When

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Victory, J., not on panel. See Rule IV, Part 2,

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