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The district court initially sentenced Portalis to 10 years of hard labor without probation or parole last June. However, in an “unusual move,” the court changed its mind.
On Wednesday, Alisa Gothreaux, the Special Assistant District Attorney for Don Landry, and the defense attorney Alfred Boustany II, Alfred Boustany III, and Chase Manuel were in court in front of Judge Royale Colbert to finalize the record so that the State can appeal what it calls an “illegal sentence.”
Black women judges who serve in Chatham County react to Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation as the first Black woman U.S. Supreme Court justice.