The trial for Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope starts today.  Pope’s defense attorneys, want the judge to give special instructions to jurors according to a report in the Daily Advertiser.

The newspaper reported the instructions include the citation of laws and the defense attorneys’ interpretation of those laws in such a way that would limit the jurors’ ability to find Pope guilty 

Pope is charged with seven felony counts, including five malfeasance in office charges and two perjury charges.