Longwell v. Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 1

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that it is ‘‘the prerogative of the legislature to set public policy through its statutory enactments’’
• rejecting federal constitutional requirement that, for seizure to occur, there must be submission by defendant to assertion of authority or use of force by police
• rejecting federal constitutional requirement that, for seizure to occur, there must be submission by defendant to assertion of authority or use of force by police
• “[although the presence of dravm weapons is certainly a factor in determining voluntariness ... it is not dispositive” [emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted]
• motion for change of venue properly denied when pre- trial publicity was not so pervasive or prejudicial as to require new venue, and there was no reason to believe that any influence from such publicity could not be overcome by voir dire process
• presumption that jury follows court’s instructions absent contrary indication

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).