FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 130

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 17th day of December, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY ORDER DENIED :

96-K - 2987 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN QUINCY BOWIE (Parish of Lafayette)

WATSON, J. - votes to stay the proceeding, seeing no possible harm as a result.

LEMMON, J. - concurs voting that a stay order is not necessary because the Court will expedite consideration of the application.

On the 18th day of December, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY ORDER GRANTED :

96-CC- 2995 BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS & VICTORY, JJ.- vote to deny the request for stay order.

On the 19th day of December, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER:

96-KH- 2641 STATE EX REL FLOYD TYLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 2812 STATE EX REL TERRY PRUDHOMME v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT:

96-KH- 2851 LESLEY GRANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 2853 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY CAILLAIS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED:

96-KH- 1277 STATE EX REL DONALD MELANCON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Concordia)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 2621 STATE EX REL RICHARD LAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED:

95-KH- 0458 STATE EX REL DAVID MITCHELL, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0513 STATE EX REL ARTHUR HILLS v. PATRICK G. QUINLAN, JUDGE (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0520 STATE EX REL DANNIEL JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0522 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN WALKER (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0523 STATE EX REL JARROD WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0550 STATE EX REL CLIFTON GREEN v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0555 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEWAYNE MIDDLETON (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0556 STATE EX REL ROY CARROLL PAULK v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0560 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEONARDO HINGLE (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0581 STATE EX REL LARRY BATISTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0595 STATE EX REL FRANK WILLIAMS v. KELLY WARD, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0605 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFFORD BRAUD (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0609 STATE EX REL MICHAEL BURNSTINE v. BILLY R. TRAVIS, WARDEN (Parish of Rapides)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0614 STATE EX REL MELVIN TYLER v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0618 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY D. KELSON (Parish of Orleans)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0620 STATE EX REL DENNIS TAYLOR v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Tangipahoa)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0621 STATE EX REL ALLEN JOHNSON v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0627 STATE EX REL JOE LEWIS WILLIAMS v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0628 STATE EX REL CLARENCE JONES v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0646 STATE EX REL ERNEST LINCOLN, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0647 STATE EX REL MICHAEL LAZARO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0652 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT PAUL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0657 STATE EX REL GEORGE FOURNETTE v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0674 STATE EX REL MICHAEL LONDON v. CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0698 STATE EX REL LARRY D. BUTTS v. HARMON DREW, JR., JUDGE (Parish of Webster)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.