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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 92

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 13th day of December, 2004 , are as follows:

BY JOHNSON, J. :

2003-K -3514

STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SCOTT WILLIAMS(Parish of Lasalle) (Hit and Run Driving) For the reasons stated herein, we hold that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, supports defendant's conviction, and we affirm defendant's conviction and sentence. AFFIRMED. CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons. VICTORY, J., concurs in the result and assigns reasons. KNOLL, J., additionally concurs with reasons. WEIMER, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2003-K-3514 STATE OF LOUISIANA Versus ALLEN SCOTT WILLIAMS

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF LASALLE
JOHNSON, Justice Defendant, Allen Scott Williams, was charged with hit-and-run driving under LSA-R.S. 14:100. Following a bench trial, the trial court found defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment at hard labor. The court of appeal affirmed the conviction and sentence. In his writ application to this court, defendant argues that the lower courts erred in interpreting the elements set forth in R.S. 14:100 and in concluding that these elements were proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant also contends that his sentence is excessive in violation of LSA-Const. Art. I,

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