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STATE v. WALTER (2025) | FindLaw

The State through the Attorney General’s Office (ā€œStateā€) appeals the trial court’s judgment that granted Sullivan Walter’s petition for compensation pursuant to the Louisiana Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute, La. R.S. 15:572.8, and awarded him the statutory maximum of $480,000 from the Louisiana Wrongful Conviction Compensation Fund. For the reasons that follow, we amend the …