In Re: Emanuel Matthews
In Re: Emanuel Matthews, No. 2019KW1186 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. Nov. 12, 2019).
Opinion text
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
IN RE: EMANUEL MATTHEWS NO. 2019 KW 1186
Nov 12 2019
Tn Re: Emanuel Matthews, applying for supervisory writs, 19th
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge,
No. unknown.
BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND CRAIN, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. Louisiana law expressly gives a district
attorney " entire charge and control of criminal
every
prosecution instituted or
pending in his district, and
determines whom, when, and how he shall prosecute." La. Const.
art. V, § 26; La. Code Crim. P. art. 61.
VGW
JMG
Crain, J., concurs.
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT