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NEWS RELEASE # 066

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 24th day of August, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATIONS TRANSFERRED TO THE COURTS OF APPEAL :

2001-KH- 2064 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMANUEL MILLS (Parish of Jefferson) Fifth Circuit.

2001-KH- 2095 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER KELLY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) First Circuit.

2001-KH- 2096 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRENCE WILLIAMS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) First Circuit.

2001-KH- 2099 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL GLASPER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) First Circuit.

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT :

2000-KH- 2307 STATE EX REL ANDREW MCGRAW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)

2001-KH- 1981 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARROL BRUCE BROWN (Parish of Rapides)

2001-KH- 1982 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEX J. LEVY (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2015 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARTHUR K. JONES (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2168 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARNELL CARTER (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2246 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EARNEST MICHAEL (Parish of Rapides)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER :

2000-KH- 3140 STATE EX REL MELVIN PAYNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2001-KH- 1477 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD R. WYATT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

2000-KH- 2419 STATE EX REL JEFFREY E. ARMSTRONG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2555 STATE EX REL ROGER DANIEL BRYAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)

2000-KH- 2742 STATE EX REL JAMES BRIDGEWATER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

APPLICATION(S) DISMISSED AT RELATOR'S REQUEST :

2001-KH- 1575 STATE EX REL WILLIAM BOYD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2000-KH- 1898 STATE EX REL CLARENCE D. LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)

2000-KH- 2393 STATE EX REL EDWARD KENNERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2000-KH- 2401 STATE EX REL CLARENCE D. LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)

2000-KH- 2716 STATE EX REL TYRONE MANUEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

2000-KH- 2719 STATE EX REL BYRON HARDMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2000-KH- 2778 STATE EX REL EUGENE JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2791 STATE EX REL KEN GILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

2000-KH- 2822 STATE EX REL CHARLES H. PARKER JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)

2000-KH- 2830 STATE EX REL MELVIN RAYFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application, being of the opinion that this life sentence is constitutionally excessive and grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.

2000-CI- 2854 STATE EX REL STEPHEN LEE BERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 2868 STATE EX REL EDWARD EARL HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-KH- 2871 STATE EX REL MARKELL FLETCHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2892 STATE EX REL ROY BRIDGEWATER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2904 STATE EX REL JOSEPH GENE GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

2000-KH- 2906 STATE EX REL EDWARD BURTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2910 STATE EX REL TROY DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2911 STATE EX REL CHARLES HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 2912 STATE EX REL STERLING WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)

2000-CI- 2916 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THEODORE R. MEEKS, JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 2920 STATE EX REL JASON BRADLEY SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

2000-KH- 2921 STATE EX REL MELVIN DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2944 STATE EX REL LESLIE YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 2951 STATE EX REL JOHN P. GOMEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2000-KH- 2959 STATE EX REL ADOLPH BOLES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2984 STATE EX REL DARRELL MORGAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2986 STATE EX REL WILLIE PETERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2988 STATE EX REL JOSEPH T. GRAFFAGNINI v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2000-KH- 2989 STATE EX REL TYRONE TYLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2990 STATE EX REL MICHAEL SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3000 STATE EX REL ANDREW JYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3034 STATE EX REL BRUCE HILLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3036 STATE EX REL ANTHONY DAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3037 STATE EX REL TRENT L. WELLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3044 STATE EX REL KEITH JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3052 STATE EX REL LESTER BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3066 STATE EX REL JOURMAULE CYRUS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3067 STATE EX REL MELVIN SUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3069 STATE EX REL ANTHONY BASCLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3102 STATE EX REL AARON J. BUTLER, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3112 STATE EX REL KENNETH STUCKEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-CI- 3125 STATE EX REL REGINALD MORRISON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN ET AL. (Parish of West Feliciana)

2000-CI- 3128 THEODORE R. MEEKS, JR. v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3129 STATE EX REL CARLOS JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application, being of the opinion that this life sentence is constitutionally excessive and grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.

2000-KH- 3138 STATE EX REL KENNETH WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3141 PAUL TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3146 STATE EX REL GULLIVER LEA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3147 STATE EX REL ROBERT LEE MATHEWES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2000-KH- 3148 STATE EX REL CHARLES JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3177 STATE EX REL EDWARD B. BENTLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3178 STATE EX REL SHAWN TOUSSAINT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3179 STATE EX REL RAYMOND ROUNDS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

2000-KH- 3180 STATE EX REL EARNEST C. BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3188 STATE EX REL FREDERICK JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2000-KH- 3189 STATE EX REL BILLY RAY SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

2000-KH- 3191 STATE EX REL SHANNON WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3213 STATE EX REL FREEMAN PATTERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3217 STATE EX REL HELEN B. MC KINNEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2000-KH- 3225 STATE EX REL MICHAEL A. SIMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3231 STATE EX REL HORACE JENKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3235 STATE EX REL TROY JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3249 STATE EX REL LEHMAN HANNON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3252 STATE EX REL LESTER BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3264 STATE EX REL DOUGLAS WOOD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2000-KH- 3269 STATE EX REL ROBERT DUNCAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3271 STATE EX REL DONALD SHORT, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

2000-KH- 3274 STATE EX REL KEVIN ROSCOE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 3279 STATE EX REL FRANCIS GERRETS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3301 STATE EX REL EDUARDO ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3302 STATE EX REL FRANKLIN D. NOVAK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 3303 STATE EX REL JAMES HENRY PAULEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-KH- 3304 STATE EX REL JERRY MCLEMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)

VICTORY, J., recused.

2000-KH- 3305 STATE EX REL WILLIAM C. RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 3328 STATE EX REL PETER LEMM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3332 STATE EX REL JOHN SULLIVAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3333 STATE EX REL SABRINA PARKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3340 STATE EX REL GEORGE LAWSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3350 STATE EX REL RICKEY BARNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 3351 STATE EX REL MELVIN GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3362 STATE EX REL JOHN BRIMSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

2000-KH- 3363 EX REL KERRY GLENN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3367 STATE LOUISIANA EX REL LAWRENCE J. KIMBALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3376 STATE EX REL JIMMY RAY FORTENBERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application for the reasons assigned in State v. Lindsey, 99-3256 (La. 10/17/00) (Johnson, J. dissenting)

2000-KH- 3377 EX REL PRESTON JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-KH- 3384 STATE EX REL LARRY MCGEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3391 STATE EX REL JOHNNY WINSTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Winn)

2000-KH- 3392 STATE EX REL ANDRE ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3396 STATE EX REL BRUCE O. CALWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3401 STATE EX REL DERRICK K. HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3402 STATE EX REL DONAHUE SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3407 STATE EX REL ANTHONY BAUMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3410 STATE EX REL ROBERT E. LOVE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-KH- 3418 STATE EX REL JOHNNY BUFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3423 STATE EX REL MICHAEL FOOTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3434 STATE EX REL RONSON JOE NOBLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)

2000-KH- 3446 STATE EX REL RODNEY FORTENBERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

2000-KH- 3447 STATE EX REL DE' LLOYD J. WESTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)

2000-KH- 3449 STATE EX REL CLARENCE JASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3467 STATE EX REL MARION FRANCIS GOWAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-CI- 3473 MICHAEL HITE v. RICHARD STADLER, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS AND PRISCILLA PITRE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3477 STATE EX REL ANTHONY RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 3483 STATE EX REL KAWAN STACKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3484 STATE EX REL ALBERT J. LANDRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3492 STATE EX REL ALAN RAY BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 3493 STATE EX REL THOMAS TOLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 3541 STATE EX REL EDWARD BURTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0440 STATE EX REL CHARLES JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

2001-KH- 0860 STATE EX REL JACOB AMAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 1450 STATE EX REL TRENT WELLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1846 LIONEL WILLIAMS v. MUNICIPAL COURT

2001-KH- 1857 STATE EX REL CLARENCE JASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2001 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RUDOLPH WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2046 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY MACK (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)