The opinion
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.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
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FOR THE COURT
Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment
of the Louisiana Supreme Court.