District judge: State budget, justice reform pose challenges

Louisiana’s budget woes and the 2017 justice reform package are posing big challenges to the state’s district courts, a district judge said Monday. Judge Vincent Borne was guest speaker during a St. Mary Industrial Group luncheon at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City. He serves as Division C judge in Louisiana’s 16th Judicial District, which covers St. Mary, St. Martin and Iberia parishes. There are eight judges in the district. Borne, a lifelong Franklin resident, took office as a judge in 2013 after having previously been an assistant district attorney for 16 years. He discussed the potential effects of the ...

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