Fill and Sign the La Quash Form

STATE OF LOUISIANA : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : ______ PARISH, LOUISIANA ______________ : DOCKET NO. ______ __________________________________________________________________________ MOTION TO QUASH NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes defendant, ______________ , who moves the Court as follows: 1. These matters are set for jury trial on ______ ___ , 20 ___ . 2. The selection of the general venire for the petit jury was compiled from the voter registration list of ______ Parish. 3. The 1997 amendment to C.Cr.P. Art. 408.1 requires that a list of persons called for petit jury duty shall come from a master list derived from voter registration lists, list of actual voters, motor vehicle license and registration records, list of individual utility customers, if made available by the utility company, and any such sources as may be approved by a majority of the district judges. 4. The amendments to C.Cr.P. Art. 408.1 were approved ______ ___ , 20 ___ , becoming effective ______ ___ , 20 ___ . Movers aver that neither the jury commission for ______ Parish nor the district judges of the ______ Judicial District required that the petit jury for ______ ___ , 20 ___ , be drawn to the statutory mandate. 5. Mover avers that the manner of selection of the petit jury was illegal and should be quashed. WHEREFORE, defendant, ______________ , prays that after due proceedings had, that the motion to quash be granted ordering the manner of selection of the petit jury venire illegal and requiring the jury commission and the district judges to comply with the statutory mandate of C.Cr.P. Art. 408.1 as amended. Respectfully Submitted, __________________________ ______________ ______ Parish I.D. Board ______ , LA ______ ( ___ ) ______ STATE OF LOUISIANA : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : ______ PARISH, LOUISIANA ______________ : DOCKET NO. ______ __________________________________________________________________________ ORDER Considering the foregoing motion; IT IS ORDERED that the State of Louisiana show cause on the ______ day of __________________, 20 ___ , at _______ o = clock ____.M., why the Motion to Quash should not be granted ordering the manner of selection of the petit jury venire illegal and requiring the jury commission and the district judges to comply with the statutory mandate of C.Cr.P. Art. 408.1 as amended. ______________ , Louisiana, this _____ day of ________________, 20 ___ . ___________________________ DISTRICT JUDGE