State Of Louisiana v. Charles Spears

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 10, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
CHARLES SPEARS
No.2020-KH-01104
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N RE: Charles Spears - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Tangipahoa, 21st Judicial District Court Number(s) 41918, 1st Circuit
Court of Appeal, Number(s) 2020 KW 0463;
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November 10, 2020
Writ application transferred to the court of appeal. See per curiam.
W
eimer, J., recused.
JHB
BJJ
JDH
SJC
JTG
WJC
11/10/2020 "See News Release 043 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

Retired Judge James Boddie, Jr., appointed Justice pro tempore, sitting for the vacancy in
Louisiana Supreme Court District 4.
11/10/20
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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 20-KH-1104
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
CH
ARLES SPEARS
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA
PE
R CURIAM:*
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RIT APPLICATION TRANSFERRED to the court of appeal. Though
applicant was initially convicted and sentenced prior to 1982, he subsequently
obtained federal habeas corpus relief and, as a result, was retried, convicted, and
sentenced in 1986. See State v. Spears, 525 So.2d 329 (La. App. 1 C ir. 1988), writ
denied, 532 So.2d 175 (La. 1988). As such, the court of appeal has supervisory
jurisdiction over this application. La. Const. art. V, § 10.