Supreme Court of Louisiana March 3, 2010, 2010-C-0380 (Touchet v. Broussard)

VICTORY, J.

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I,We granted a writ in this election case to determine whether the automatic first offender pardon provisions of La. Const, art. IV, § 5(E)(1) and La. R.S. 15:572 enable a convicted felon to run for public office under La. Const, art. I, § 10(B)(1) before the expiration of 15 years from the completion of the sentence.