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New trial set in fatal Houma stabbing A new trial has been scheduled for a Houma woman who is charged with stabbing another woman to death in an argument over a man in 2017.  A Terrebonne Parish jury voted 11-1 in 2019 to convict Miranda Cheyenne Gilley, 25, of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Jessica McGehee.  State District Judge George Larke Jr. sentenced her to 23 years in prison.  Gilley then took her case to the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge, which overturned the conviction July 17.  Though Gilley argued there wasn’t enough evidence to wa...

Dagate, Ellender Jr. Sworn in as New Judges for the Terrebonne Parish 32nd District Court Two judges were officially administered their oaths of office on Tuesday morning. Former First Assistant District Attorney Jason Dagate and attorney Timothy Ellender Jr. were both sworn in as judges of the 32nd Judicial District Court during an investiture ceremony at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse. Dagate and Ellender Jr. were sworn in alongside other city and district court incumbents as part of the ceremony. Dagate and Ellender are filling the seats of two retiring judges, Judge Johnny Walker and Ju...

Louisiana Virus Rules Dispute Returned to Lower Court The Louisiana Supreme Court on Dec. 21 sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court, saying the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the GOP used to try to nullify the restrictions was unconstitutional. The justices wrote in their opinion that Baton Rouge Judge William Morvant should have held a full hearing on other issues raised in the lawsuit over the Democratic governor’s statewide mask mandate, business restrictions and crowd size limits aimed at com...

Court dispute continues over Louisiana COVID regulations Melinda Deslatte Associated Press BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Supreme Court has sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court, saying the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the GOP used to try to nullify the restrictions was unconstitutional. The justices wrote in their opinion Monday that Baton Rouge Judge William Morvant should have held a full hearing on other issues raised in the lawsuit over the Democratic governor's statewide mask mandate, bus...