Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia

Lynn Jones, Clerk of Court, said that if his office has to research the information internally, it will be an added burden. In
addition, Miller said, the court rules aren’t clear where cases are to be allotted.
Emails showed that after the cases were allotted, a list was sent back to the District Attorney’s Office. Miller said she only
realized that was being done on Wednesday and has instructed that the practice be stopped.
Attorney Jonathan Brown argued that if a person at the District Attorney’s Office is determining which cases are pending,
so too could a person be found at the Clerk of Court’s Office to make the same determination.
“Court rules say no outside influence: That’s what we have here,” Brown argued to Wilson. “We’re not asking you to
change the local rules; we’re asking you to enforce them.”
Prosecutor Carla Sigler said that the District Attorney’s Office has the most information — rap sheets, prior felonies and
pending felonies — which is why the information is provided. If the information is not provided, the system will grind to a
halt, she said.
“Zero evidence” has been provided that the District Attorney’s Office has tried to manipulate allotments, she said.
“I’ll tell you why it hasn’t been presented: It doesn’t exist,” Sigler said.
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