State Of Louisiana v. Alfred Scales

Supreme Court of Louisiana
July 17, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
ALFRED SCALES
No.2018-KH-01681
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IN R
E: Alfred Scales - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish
of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Number(s) 08 -12-0338, Court of
Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2018 KW 0598;
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July 17, 2020
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
SJC
JLW
JDH
JTG
WJC
JHB
07/17/2020 "See News Release 026 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

07/17/20
S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 18-KH-1681
S
TATE EX REL. ALFRED SCALES
v.
DARRE
L VANNOY, WARDEN
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE NINETEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
PE
R CURIAM:
W
rit granted. The matter is remanded to the court of appeal. That court is
ordered to allow relator a reasonable amount of time to supplement his application
with the appropriate supporting documentation and to consider his pro se filing on
the merits. Cf. State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La. 1983)
(pro se petitioner “is not to be denied access to the courts for review of his case on
the merits by the overzealous application of form and pleading requirements or
hyper-technical in terpretations of court rules.”). See also State ex rel. Ward v.
State, 2017-0978 (La. 9/21/18, 1), 252 So.3d 887.