No. 2011-KH-1406 Precedential Processed

State ex rel. Jones v. State

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed September 30, 2011 · 71 So. 3d 269

Also decided on this docket: La., September 30, 2011 71 So. 3d 269

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In re Jones, Craig; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Martin, 16th Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 10-239261; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 11-00675. Granted for the sole purpose of remanding the case to the district court and ordering it to rule on the merits of relator’s pro se motion for bond reduction. See State v. Melon, 95-2209 (La.9/22/95), 660 So.2d 466, 467 (“[L]ower courts must ... accept and consider [pro se] filings from represented defendants in a pre-verdict context whenever doing so will not lead to confusion at trial”). VICTORY, KNOLL and CLARK, JJ., would deny.