Opinion

Waddell v. State ex rel. Louisiana Gaming Control Board

  • 98 La.App. 1 Cir. 1014
  • 757 So. 2d 680
  • 1999 La. App. LEXIS 2701
  • 1999 WL 777856
Court
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Filed
Sep 24, 1999
Status
Published
Author
Weimer
On the bench
Fitzsimmons, Guidry, Jgfitzsimmons, Kuhn, Pettigrew, Weimer
Cited by
1 cases

The opinion

|!WEIMER, Judge,

concurring.

I agree with the trial judge that LSA-R.S. 27:76(3) can be subject to criticism from the standpoint of the harshness of its application. The legislature has enacted a provision to allow productive, law abiding citizens to be purged of the taint of a mistake, but only after a ten year period. See Acts 1999, No. 1384, amending LSA-R.S. 27:76.

Nevertheless, the law, though harsh, is clear. The penalty for certain felony convictions or guilty pleas is to be prevented from engaging in the privilege of participating in the gaming industry — an industry the legislature has decided to highly regulate.

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