Louisiana: District attorney must prove why it still needs gun seized as evidence, fe

Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office and the city must prove why they still need Errol Houston Jr.'s handgun, three years after he last faced a criminal count, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, scrapping its earlier opinion in the case, could lead to a change in how prosecutors and police view their right to hold on to seized evidence in criminal cases that are dropped but still could be prosecuted later.

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