<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #049</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10th day of August, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-1427 MICHELLE BOUDREAUX v. JACQUES N. LEBLANC (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ application.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ application.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>13th day of August, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1636 MICHAEL H. BERCIER, ET AL. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. C/W MONIQUE PREGEANT, ET AL. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>14th day of August, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1651 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RENE COLLINS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2007/2007KK1651.bjj.pc.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1675 YELLOW ROCK, L.L.C., ET AL. v. SASOL NORTH AMERICAN, INC, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>15th day of August, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1345 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLINTON GRIMMETT (Parish of Ascension)<br />First Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1415 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS H. HELVIK (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Third Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1504 STATE EX REL. ERNEST BILLIZONE, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />Fifth Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1296 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FREDDIE R. LEWIS (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1346 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC BRIDGES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-2013 CHARLES CARTER v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2109 STATE EX REL. DONALD BRIGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-B -1184 IN RE: PAUL S. MINOR<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1933 STATE EX REL. RONNIE K. HONGO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2443 STATE EX REL. LINROY DOUGLAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2444 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM HENRY WALKER BLAKE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2470 STATE EX REL. KEVIN BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2471 STATE EX REL. DARRELL JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2472 STATE EX REL. KENDALE TALBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2473 STATE EX REL. RANDY QUIROZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2494 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2495 STATE EX REL. BOBBY SAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2496 STATE EX REL. TYRONE FULTZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2497 STATE EX REL. CURTIS JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2499 STATE EX REL. WARREN RANGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2500 STATE EX REL. JOE W. MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2501 STATE EX REL. ROBERT SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2504 STATE EX REL. DUANE T. JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2505 STATE EX REL. NOE STEPHAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2506 STATE EX REL. THOMAS BILLARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2507 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND SHAW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2508 STATE EX REL. JAMES W. GLEASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-2513 JOHN POULLARD v. RICHARD L. STALDER, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2515 STATE EX REL. ASHLEY SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2516 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR SPARKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2535 STATE EX REL. DERRICK HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2536 STATE EX REL. NORRIS NASH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2556 STATE EX REL. DAVID WAYNE POYDRAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2557 STATE EX REL. GLENN HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2559 STATE EX REL. DWAYNE MCKINNEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2560 STATE EX REL. NAKIE GLADSTONE AND KEYON SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2562 STATE EX REL. THEO ALLEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2564 STATE EX REL. ERRIS PAUL RIDEAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2565 STATE EX REL. DAVID J. CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2568 STATE EX REL JOEL R. PEDELAHORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2570 STATE EX REL TYRONE LIVAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2571 STATE EX REL VIRGIL L. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2613 STATE EX REL. SPENCER GILMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2614 STATE EX REL. CREIGHTON WUNEBURGER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2616 STATE EX REL. LUIS A. CORZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2617 STATE EX REL. DONALD RAY LEMONS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2620 STATE EX REL. JOHN HARRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2621 STATE EX REL. BRANDON LEBOEUF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2622 STATE EX REL. RYAN GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2623 STATE EX REL. HAROLD JOE BLACK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2626 STATE EX REL. RICKY CARTHAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2630 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL MOREHEAD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2631 STATE EX REL. MARSHALL T. BATCHELOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2636 STATE EX REL. ARIEN DELCO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2637 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2660 STATE EX REL. AARON DEVON PITTMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2661 STATE EX REL. NORVEL REYNOLDS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2662 STATE EX REL. GARY LYNN MITCHELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2664 STATE EX REL. MIKE READO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2665 STATE EX REL. WARREN RANGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-3018 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL MOREHEAD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1159 STATE EX REL. TUT M. SIMMONS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1416 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY MCCRAY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1508 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERCY JONES (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny as moot.</p><p> </p>