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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #053</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">14th day of November, 2024</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 accepted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1363.BA.PC.pdf">2024-BA-01363&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-637936</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">15th day of November, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0457.KP.PC.pdf">2024-KP-00457&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KERMIT PARKER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0457.KP.jtk.dis.pdf">Knoll, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br />Crain, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Justice Knoll.<br />McCallum, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Justice Knoll.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">20th day of November, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0267.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00267&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRHIAN THOMAS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0635.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00635&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF CLADIE J. WADE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0802.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00802&nbsp;BRADLEY DAY AND TRACEY DAY VS. ELVIS DEAN THOMPSON, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0806.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00806&nbsp;BRADLEY DAY AND TRACEY DAY VS. ELVIS DEAN THOMPSON, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Joint petition for consent discipline accepted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1228.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01228&nbsp;IN RE: CHADWICK A. TOBLER</a><br />Crichton, J., dissents and would reject the joint petition for consent discipline.</p><h1>Peition for readmission denied. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1163.OB.PC.pdf">2024-OB-01163&nbsp;IN RE: ROBERT BARTHOLOMEW EVANS, III</a></p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1027.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01027&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-024</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1028.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01028&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-025</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1029.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01029&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-026</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1138.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01138&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO.24-PDB-046</a></p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0619.KH.action.re.pdf">2024-KH-00619&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOHN BRASHEARS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied - See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0418.OC.PC.re.pdf">2024-OC-00418&nbsp;DAVID WHITEHEAD VS. WALMART OF LOUISIANA, LLC, WALMART, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - Petitioner has not demonstrated that he sought review in the court(s) below before filing in this Court nor shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would justify bypassing that level of review. La.S.Ct.R. X &sect; 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0925.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-00925&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JHA'DARIAN MARTIN</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1019.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01019&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEVIN L. THOMPSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Carroll)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1026.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01026&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LEVINCESKY RHEIM PHIFER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1045.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01045&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JEFFREY MARK BOLICK</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1052.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01052&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ERNEST MILLER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1080.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01080&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CAMERON LEWIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1087.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01087&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JULIUS T. BAKER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1089.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01089&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANDREW BLACKMAN</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1090.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01090&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LARRY LEWIS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1092.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01092&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RYK FRICKEY</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1109.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01109&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. THINH TRAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1116.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01116&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLAUDE GRAVES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1117.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01117&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EDWARD D. LONG</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1127.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01127&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BERNIS BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1132.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01132&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHARLES WALLACE</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1144.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01144&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TA'JAE TAYLOR</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1145.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01145&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WINFRED CAMPBELL</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1161.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01161&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WILLIE CHRISTIAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Allen)</p><h1>Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, &sect; 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1094.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01094&nbsp;DWAYNE ALEXANDER VS. BLUE WILLIAMS, L.L.P., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Griffin, J., recused in case number 2024-C-01094 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1141.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01141&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. STEVEN JERMAINE CHARLES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Writ application not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X &sect; 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1146.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01146&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLYDE S. DISEDARE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)</p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State v. Trahan, 2024-0232 (La. 11/20/24), --- So.3d ---.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0456.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00456&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DALLAS J. TRAHAN, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0232.KP.PC.pdf">2024-KP-00232&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DALLAS TRAHAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0512.KP.PC.pdf">2024-KP-00512&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERRICK RICK</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1134.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-01134&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DONALD RAY SMITH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0360.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00360&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. COURTNEY GARNETT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0391.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00391&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DANIEL RALPH HAIRE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0441.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00441&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL R. SUYDAM, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Beauregard)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0452.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00452&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEITH BROWN, II</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0624.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00624&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SHADERICK D. JONES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0675.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00675&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RONALD ALLEN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0905.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00905&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LIOVEL GRANADO-GONZALEZ</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0930.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00930&nbsp;CHRISTINA MARIE THOMAS VS. MAMOU POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF BRENT ZACHARY, OFFICER XYZ, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Evangeline)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0937.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-00937&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRANDON LAVERGNE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0975.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-00975&nbsp;ERROL VICTOR, SR., REVEREND, L.S. VS. LOUISIANA STATE, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0979.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00979&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KAMRON KAJON JACQUOT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0983.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-00983&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DONTRALE DEMARKO PHILLIPS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0987.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00987&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DOYLE SHANNON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1042.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01042&nbsp;MARY HOTARD BECNEL, AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF DANIEL E. BECNEL, JR. VS. CAMILO K. SALAS, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1047.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01047&nbsp;SHANIKA RENEE GREEN VS. WAL-MART LOUISIANA, LLC, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1050.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01050&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROBERT WILSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1051.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01051&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. STEPHAN HERRING</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1055.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01055&nbsp;GWENDOLYN TAMMY HEMPHILL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS THE NATURAL MOTHER OF NOAH HEMPHILL, AND PATRICIA HEMPHILL, WIFE OF/AND MICHAEL HEMPHILL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR, NOAH HEMPHILL VS. CHRISTA SMITH, WIFE OF/AND JULIUS J. SMITH AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1059.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01059&nbsp;CLARENCE GIBSON VS. FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OF JEFFERSON PARISH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1060.CP.action.pdf">2024-CP-01060&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF JIMMIE M. HATTEN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Catahoula)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1063.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01063&nbsp;RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JOSEPH BISHOP VS. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JUROR, JAY SCOTT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1067.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01067&nbsp;ADELE DOMINGE ORTEGO, ET AL. VS. HUNTER JOHNSON, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1068.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01068&nbsp;VINTON PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY VS. ENERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1074.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01074&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL WADE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1074.KK.jdh.grant.pdf">Hughes, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br />McCallum, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1078.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01078&nbsp;DEBRA A. CLOUD VS. EARL M. GIBSON, JR. AND CHASE MORTGAGE COMPANY-WEST</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1079.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01079&nbsp;AMY LANDRY KOVACS VS. ACCREDO HEALTH GROUP, INC. AND LISA STOKES, R.N.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1081.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01081&nbsp;LOUIS HENRY VS. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1082.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01082&nbsp;PEGGY HAYNES VS. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1085.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01085&nbsp;PEGGY HAYNES VS. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1095.CP.action.pdf">2024-CP-01095&nbsp;PEDRO ALLEN VS. SGT. MARISSA WELLS AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, RAYMOND LABORDE CORRECTIONAL CENTER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Avoyelles)<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1099.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01099&nbsp;NATHANIEL JACKSON VS. WINN-DIXIE MONTGOMERY, LLC</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/2024/24-1100.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01100&nbsp;JAMES DESLONDE, BRITANY DESLONDE, AND EVAN PLAUCHE VS. ST. TAMMANY PARISH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Crichton, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1102.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01102&nbsp;DAVID WHITEHEAD VS. WALMART OF LOUISIANA LLC, WALMART INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1103.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01103&nbsp;JOHN WORTHY VS. STEPHENS PIPE &amp; STEEL, LLC, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1108.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01108&nbsp;DANECO, L.L.C. VS. JUST GATORS, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1211.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01211&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLARENCE O. GIBSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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