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==Judicial career==
==Judicial career==
Lutes ran unsuccessfully in the 1959 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] for state representative for Grant Parish. He lost to William K. Brown,<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', December 13, 1959, p. 4-B.</ref> who held the seat from 1960 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=legis.state.la.us |accessdate=September 17, 2017}}</ref>
Lutes served as district attorney for Grant Parish until his resignation on November 15, 1980. In the special election to choose Lutes' successor as DA, Robert Kennedy, an opponent of Lutes' interim successor and former law partner Joe Beck, II, of Pollock, questioned how the DA handled a shooting on Egg Farm Road on November 30, 1979; one five men involved eventually pleaded guilty to negligent homicide. Lutes' handling of the Bobby Ray Brown case came under fire when attorney Kennedy claimed that Brown should have been prosecuted for two deaths before his later indictment for manslaughter in connection with a barroom brawl. Kennedy further claimed that brutal crimes were not prosecuted because of what he called "laziness or incompetence."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216344586/|title=Candidates for DA in Grant Exchange Stinging Criticisms|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk|date=April 2, 1981|page=1|accessdate=September 15, 2017}}</ref>
Lutes served as district attorney for Grant Parish until his resignation on November 15, 1980. In the special election to choose Lutes' successor as DA, Robert Kennedy, an opponent of Lutes' interim successor and former law partner Joe Beck, II, of Pollock, questioned how the DA handled a shooting on Egg Farm Road on November 30, 1979; one five men involved eventually pleaded guilty to negligent homicide. Lutes' handling of the Bobby Ray Brown case came under fire when attorney Kennedy claimed that Brown should have been prosecuted for two deaths before his later indictment for manslaughter in connection with a barroom brawl. Kennedy further claimed that brutal crimes were not prosecuted because of what he called "laziness or incompetence."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216344586/|title=Candidates for DA in Grant Exchange Stinging Criticisms|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk|date=April 2, 1981|page=1|accessdate=September 15, 2017}}</ref>