Martin Bofill "Bo" Duhé, the 16th Judicial District Attorney for Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes, died Saturday.
A native of New Iberia, Duhé served as district attorney since January of 2015 where he prosecuted many major criminal cases.
Duhé was a 1984 general business graduate of then University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, according to his obituary. He worked for five years at savings and loan businesses before entering Tulane Law School, where he earned his law degree in 1992.
He worked as a law clerk for 16th Judicial District Judge Buddy Fleming before becoming an assistant district attorney in 1993, prosecuting major felony crimes.
Duhé was involved in several organizations related to his profession, including the Louisiana District Attorney's Association. He served on the board of that organization as well as its president and on the legislative and technology committees.
He also served on the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task Force, the Louisiana District Attorney Juvenile Justice Task Force and was president of the Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory and a board member of First National Bank of Jeanerette.
Duhé received several honors over the years, including the Evangeline Area Boy Scout Council Iberia Parish Distinguished Citizen of the Year award in 2015, Chez Hope Peacemaker Award in 2017 and the Virginia Tyler Guillotte Award from the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce in 2019.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 108 E. St. Peter St. in New Iberia. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace, New Iberia, and will continue from 8-10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to VOICE, a non-profit organization for victims of crimes and their families, P. O. Box 10201, New Iberia, LA 70562.
