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NEWS RELEASE # 030

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 10th day of April, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL :

2002-CC- 0855 KELVIN WELLS v. COURT OF APPEALS FIRST CIRCUIT

(Parish of East Baton Rouge) First Circuit.

WEIMER, J., recused.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM GRANTED :

2002-OB- 0645 IN RE:MICHAEL J. WRAY

WEIMER, J., dissents from the order.

TRAYLOR, J., dissents from the order.

KIMBALL, J., dissents from the order.

REMANDED TO DISIPLINE BOARD; SEE ORDER :

2002-OB- 0591 IN RE: MELVIN BROWN

JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE DENIED; SEE ORDER :

2001-B - 2259 IN RE: PAUL J. YAEGER

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2001-KP- 3366 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRI BROADWAY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-CC- 0877 IN THE INTEREST OF MADISON CHEYENNE LISENBY (Parish of Concordia)

On the 11th day of April, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED; STAY DENIED :

2002-KK- 1016 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVEN SAVAGE (Parish of Orleans)

WEIMER, J., would grant, and consider merits in due course.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant stay, grant writ.

On the 12th day of April, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

2002-C - 0036 HERBERT JAMES ISADORE v. PROBE OFFSHORE, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2001-KP- 1399 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER D. ARNOLD (Parish of Vernon) See Per Curiam.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and docket.

JOHNSON, J., would grant and docket.

2001-KP- 2808 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES CONWAY (Parish of Orleans) See Per Curiam.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and docket.

2002-CC- 0105 CHIWANA J. JONES, WIFE OF AND HENRY JONES, ET AL. v. NICK CONGEMI, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, ET AL. C/W WILMAREEN JAMES, WIFE OF/AND WILSON JAMES v. NICK CONGEMI, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-CC- 0588 MARTHA HORTON v. BRAD ALFONSO, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER; STAY GRANTED :

2002-CD- 0995 NEW ORLEANS CAMPAIGN FOR A LIVING WAGE, JEAN MATTHEWS AND PHILOMENIA JOHNSON v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, MARC MORIAL, MAYOR, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA C/W THE SMALL BUSINESS COALITION TO SAVE JOBS, THE LOUISIANA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, AND THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE RIVER REGION v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)
See Per Curiam.

TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL :

2002-KH- 0837 STATE EX REL CATHERINE COLLINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

Fourth Circuit.

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2002-B - 0007 IN RE: ALBERT L. BOUDREAU, JR.

SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2002-B - 0053 IN RE: WOODROW W. WYATT

CONSENT DISCIPLINE ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM: :

2002-B - 0169 IN RE: HOBART O. PARDUE, JR .

ORDERS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2002 WITHDRAWN; WRIT APPLICATIONS MOOT :

2001-KK- 2113 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. QUINCY BROWN (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KK- 2463 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. QUINCY BROWN (Parish of Orleans)

MOTION TO STAY HEARING DENIED :

2002-OB- 0303 IN RE: NANAK S. RAI

JOHNSON, J., would grant the motion.

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2001-KP- 0581 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD DOREST (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ

2001-CC- 3037 MARTHA HORTON v. BRAD ALFONSO, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the rehearing.

VICTORY, J., would grant the rehearing.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the rehearing.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

2001-KO- 0799 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARREN L. JARVIS (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the vote.

2001-KH- 1294 STATE EX REL SHEDRICK BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

REHEARING APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED :

2001-CC- 3242 RALPH WHITMIRE v. USCI CATHETER CORPORATION, A DIVISION OF C.R.

BARD, INC. AND C.R. BARD, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2002-C - 0313 ANNETTE TRAVIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR CHILD, WHITNEY LYNN KARL v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORE OF BOGALUSA, INC. A/K/A FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF LOUISIANA, INC. AND TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Washington)

2002-C - 0361 CECILIA C. MARTINEZ, ROY MARTINEZ AND ANNA LOU M. CLARK v. TRAN OSSUN CORPORATION, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED :

2002-KK- 0998 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KELVIN WELLS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2000-KP- 2540 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WESLEY GUILLARD AKA WESLEY WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. & JOHNSON, J., concurs in the denial of writ and assign the following reasons:

The court of appeal opinion upsets the district courtâ€Ts sentence and remands the case for the imposition of a new sentence. After remand to the district court, Relator will be afforded the opportunity to appeal the conviction and newly imposed sentence and have both the conviction and sentence examined on appeal. That being the case, we agree to the denial of Relator's writ application without resolving whether or not the court of appeal has erred in upsetting the district court's ten-year sentence. For the foregoing reasons, we concur in the denial of the writ.

CALOGERO, C.J., assigns the following additional concurring reasons:

In addition, in my view, the ten-year sentence imposed by the District court was proper under the facts of the case, and a more onerous sentence, including the mandatory penalty under the Habitual Offender Law, would be excessive under the criteria set forth in State v. Dorthey , 623 So.2d 1276 (La. 1993).

2001-KO- 0364 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERBERT SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

2001-K - 1380 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ZANNIE NEAL (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 1382 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY J. ROTH, SR. (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 1390 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES C. EVANS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KP- 1402 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFTON JONES, JR. (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2001-K - 1408 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONNIE COLLINS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-K - 1410 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BYRON POINTS (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KO- 1424 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID MICHAEL VOCLAIN (Parish of Terrebonne)

2001-KO- 1427 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDREW S. ISADORE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KO- 1431 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEBBLYN DEWAYNE ANDERSON (Parish of Caddo)

2001-KO- 1432 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONNELL WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KO- 1433 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL READO (Parish of Calcasieu)

2001-KH- 1719 STATE EX REL APRIL GEORGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 1829 STATE EX REL DWAYNE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1837 STATE EX REL WILFRED GRANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application.

2001-KH- 1860 STATE EX REL JEREMIAH ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Carroll)

2001-KH- 1941 STATE EX REL CLIFFORD DOLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 1996 STATE EX REL BILLY M. MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2001-KH- 2000 STATE EX REL TYRONE REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2003 STATE EX REL JOHN W. SEMIEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)

2001-KH- 2006 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL JOHN E. SPELLMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2008 STATE EX REL NATHAN MAJORS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

2001-KH- 2009 STATE EX REL LEROY TURNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-KH- 2010 STATE EX REL DERRICK SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2012 STATE EX REL. ECKLIN CHAUVIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

2001-KH- 2014 STATE EX REL FLOYD JAMES MOORE, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)

VICTORY, J., recused.

2001-KH- 2016 STATE EX REL ANTOINETTE HOLMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2017 STATE EX REL BOBBY MISKELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2018 STATE EX REL RONNIE GLEN DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KH- 2020 STATE EX REL LESLIE RAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)

2001-KH- 2023 STATE EX REL JOSEPH C. ZENON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

2001-KH- 2024 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL STANLEY WEATHERSBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)

2001-KH- 2027 STATE EX REL RICHARD A. SCAMARDO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 2028 STATE EX REL TIMOTHY BURGESS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2001-KH- 2029 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL RYAN TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2030 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL ANTHONY W. TEZENO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2001-KH- 2033 STATE EX REL BYRON SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2034 STATE EX REL ARNOLD CURTIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KH- 2480 STATE EX REL BILLY M. MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2001-KK- 3137 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHANCELLOR PORCHE (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0035 HELEN M. HARRISON v. ROY J. GONZALES, CHRISTIAN M. COMARDO AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 0130 AMY BROSSETT, ET AL. v. PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2002-C - 0136 RHONDA BENJAMIN v. WAL-MART #75 (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist. 2)

2002-C - 0195 LEO WAYNE GRAVES v. ESSIE GRAVES FIELDS (Parish of Caddo)

2002-C - 0286 TAMMY L. LOFTON v. ALLEN REED HAYWARD, MAGAZINE FLOWERS AND GREENERY, INC., AND LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 0287 GWENDOLYN CAPLES v. USAA INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2002-C - 0290 STEPHEN E. SENGER v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND BOB LYON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0292 QUINTON TYRONNE DAWSON v. CITY OF SLIDELL (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist. 7)

2002-C - 0293 FONTAINE HARDWARE AND LUMBER CO., INC., D/B/A WEST SIDE LUMBER CO. v. BRENTWOOD FARMS, INC. AND FARMCO, INC. (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)

2002-CC- 0295 HEATHER MARIE HOLLINGSWORTH, ET AL. v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-C - 0297 JOHN DOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF HIS MINOR CHILD, ANNIE DOE, AND JANE DOE v. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0298 BETTY JEAN HALL, ET UX. v. THOMAS BROOK, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0301 JANET B. ANDRY v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION DIVISION (AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES) (State Civil Service Commission)

2002-C - 0310 FLETTER C. TAYLOR v. LSU MEDICAL CENTER AT SHREVEPORT (State Civil Service Commission)

2002-CC- 0311 JOMI SANTALA v. NEW ORLEANS BRASS (Office Of Workers' Compensation District No. 7)

2002-C - 0317 CYNTHIA A. THOMPSON v. DWAYNE PRESTON, ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, JIMMY L. JARREAU, AND FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 0320 JAMES R. PAYNE, SR., ET AL v. TONTI REALTY CORPORATION AND JULIE GREEN (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CP- 0329 VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. FELICIANA FORENSIC FACILITY, ET AL. (Parish of East Feliciana)

2002-C - 0334 MILLICENT CLESI BRODTMANN, WIFE OF EDWOOD S. BRODTMANN v. CLAUDE W. DUKE AND KREMER MARINE, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0338 PATRICK J. BERRIGAN, DAVID L. CAMPBELL, CHARLES K. REASONOVER, RALPHE. SMITH, TOM W. THORNHILL, CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS, AND FRANCIS G. WELLER, INDIVIDUALLY, ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF AND IN THE NAME OF LA BELLE CREOLE ASSOCIATES v. DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN & STILES, LLP (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 0340 STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERIVCES IN THE INTEREST OF C. F. v. EUGENE FORTINO, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 0341 PATRICK J. BERRIGAN, DAVID L. CAMPBELL, CHARLES K. REASONOVER, RALPH E. SMITH, TOM W. THORNHILL, CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS, AND FRANCIS G. WELLER, INDIVIDUALLY, ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF AND IN THE NAME OF LA BELLE CREOLE ASSOCIATES v. DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN & STILES, LLP (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 0342 CHARLOTTE S. BURT PROVISIONAL CURATRIX OF LESLIE SULLIVAN ON BEHALF OF LESLIE SULLIVAN v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA CORPORATION, ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR COMPANY AND WAYNE COBB (Parish of Livingston)

2002-CC- 0381 MYRA GIBBS v. EDWIN D. HIDALGO, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

2002-KH- 0531 STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 0545 STATE EX REL JAMES GUNNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)

2002-CC- 0694 LOLA JONES QUINN, ET AL. v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-KH- 0772 STATE EX REL BILLY MAC MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-CJ- 0797 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF V.F.R., S.R. - JUVENILE (Parish of Cameron)