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A divided Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday removed an Ascension Parish judge from the capital murder case of a Livingston Parish man accused of killing a Louisiana state trooper and
ASCENSION PARISH - On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court decided to remove a judge presiding over Matthew Mire s murder trial in Ascension Parish because she is related to a deputy who handled evidence for the case.
A delay has been reported in the death penalty trial of a Livingston Parish man accused of killing a Louisiana State Police Trooper and a Prairieville woman related by marriage in Ascension Parish.