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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top" style=""><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #024</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="nrbody"><style>.nrbody h1 { display:block; font-size:1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } .nrbody p { text-align:justify; } .nrdate { font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } </style><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">23rd day of May, 2021</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0698.KK.PC.pdf">2021-KK-00698&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRYANT SCOTT TANNER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Crain, J., concurs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">1st day of June, 2021</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Joint petition for conditional admission granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0506.BA.PC.pdf">2021-BA-00506&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-351</a></p><h1>Joint motion to extend probation granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/19-0653.B.PC.pdf">2019-B-00653&nbsp;IN RE: KEVIN LOVELL JAMES</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2021/19-0653.B.sjc.dis.pdf">Crichton, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br />Genovese, J., dissents and would reject the joint motion to extend probation.<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/19-0653.B.wjc.con.pdf">Crain, J., concurs and assigns reasons. </a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0371.C.PC.pdf">2021-C-00371&nbsp;CRESCENT CITY PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, LLC VS. CARMEN G. MUNIZ; DES CAPITAL, LLC; NEW ORLEANS LAND HOLDINGS, LLC; RICHARD RACHAL SDIRA, LLC; CITY OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0420.KP.PC.pdf">2021-KP-00420&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES TOOMEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)<br />Weimer, C.J., would deny.<br />Hughes, J., would deny.<br />Griffin, J., would deny.</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0466.KK.PC.pdf">2021-KK-00466&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. STEVEN JERMAINE CHARLES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/20-0528.C.action.re.pdf">2020-C-00528&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION &amp; DEVELOPMENT VS. LARRY E. CLARK, ET UX. C/W L &amp; M HAIR CARE PRODUCTS, INC. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION &amp; DEVELOPMENT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />McCallum, J., recused in case number 2020-C-00528 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0400.KK.action.re.pdf">2021-KK-00400&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TRE'ANTHONY JAMES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><h1>Stay denied. Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/20-1063.KP.action.re.pdf">2020-KP-01063&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA, EX REL. WILLIE JONES, DOC 573876 VS. DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><h1>Motion to file untimely writ denied. Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, &sect; 5.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/20-0443.KP.action.pdf">2020-KP-00443&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JARED GRAHAM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Not considered; not timely filed. See State v. Crandell, 05-1060 (La. 3/10/06), 924 So.2d 122; Morris v. Stueben, 01 0137 (La. 3/16/01), 781 So.2d 1220.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0513.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00513&nbsp;ALICIA CHRISTOPHER VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, RANDALL NOLAN, AND RAYMOND SCULLY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State ex rel. Pitts v. State, 2015-0329 (La. 11/20/15), 178 So.3d 984.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0433.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00433&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEVIN PITTS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0482.KP.action.pdf">2021-KP-00482&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA, EX REL JEREMIAH JOHNSON VS. JASON KENT, WARDEN, DIXON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0482.KP.jlw.grant.pdf">Weimer, C.J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., would grant to consider the retroactivity of Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 206 L.Ed.2d 583 (2020) under Louisiana law.&nbsp;See Edwards v. Vannoy, 141 S.Ct. 1547, 1559 n. 6 (2021).</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0603.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00603&nbsp;STEVEN AARON, SR. VS. BANCROFT BAG, INC., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0603.CC.sjc.grant.pdf">Crichton, J., would grant and docket and assigns reasons.</a><br />Crain, J., would grant and docket.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/20-0794.KP.PC.pdf">2020-KP-00794&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRANDON LEBOEUF</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0432.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00432&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RONNIE O. DORSEY, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0454.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00454&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. TOMMIE C. MOLLETTE VS. DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0477.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00477&nbsp;LATROY K. OATES VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0271.KP.action.pdf">2021-KP-00271&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LON ADAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0328.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00328&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BYRON NELSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0387.KP.action.pdf">2021-KP-00387&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LON ADAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Griffin, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Johnson.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0408.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00408&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BYRON NELSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0410.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00410&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JARROD HENRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Griffin, J., would grant to consider the retroactivity of Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 206 L.Ed.2d 583 (2020) under Louisiana law.&nbsp;See Edwards v. Vannoy, 141 S.Ct. 1547, 1559 n. 6 (2021)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0428.CI.action.pdf">2021-CI-00428&nbsp;KENAN ALLEN VS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0443.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00443&nbsp;BRUCE WAYNE PARKER, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEDENT, A'MIRCLE FAITH PARKER VS. BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0443.CC.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0458.KO.action.pdf">2021-KO-00458&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DARRELL T. BROWN, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0475.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00475&nbsp;DENNY E. GAMBLE, JR. VS. LESA GALJOUR GAMBLE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0493.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00493&nbsp;CODY PARKER VS. AMERICAN WESTERN HOME INSURANCE AND MIKE BLAKLY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Beauregard)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0494.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00494&nbsp;CARDELL ELLIS VS. HEATH C. MCDONALD, WATER WORKS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, LLC, STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ASPEN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0496.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00496&nbsp;BYRON G. FRANCOIS VS. PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, L.L.C.; CERES GULF, INC.; NEW ORLEANS TERMINAL LLC; AND UNKNOWN HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0500.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00500&nbsp;MELROSE URBAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I, MELROSE URBAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP II, PEPPERMILL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I, PECAN ACRES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I, MONET ACRES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP II, RENOIR ACRES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP II, ST. LANDRY CROSSING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I, HIDEAWAY CROSSING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP II AND AAAGIN PROPERTY GROUP, LLC VS. HONORABLE DOUG WELBORN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CLERK OF COURT FOR THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WILL J. BELTON, W.J. BELTON COMPANY, LLC, URBAN PARTNERS, LLC AND B &amp; J DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRACTING CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0500.CC.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0508.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00508&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PRESTON G. DEMOUCHETTE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0512.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00512&nbsp;ALICIA CHRISTOPHER VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, RANDAL NOLAN AND RAYMOND SCULLYH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crichton, J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0519.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-00519&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEVIN HOLLINGER CORRIE WALLACE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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