2021KW0544 Nonprecedential Writ denied Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Rickey Lionel Laurant

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed July 30, 2021

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 Kw 0544

VERSUS

RICKEY LIONEL LAURANT JULY 30, 2021

In Re: Rickey Lionel Laurant, applying for supervisory writs,
22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany,
No. 517, 140.

BEFORE: THERIOT, HOLDRIDGE, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

MRT
CHH

Holdridge, J., dissents and would stay the matter. The
decision whether to apply Ramos v. Louisiana, _ U. S. _, 140
S. Ct. 1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 ( 2020) retroactively and grant
postconviction relief on state collateral review to defendants
convicted by non - unanimous juries in all or certain

circumstances remains with the Louisiana Supreme Court. A state
court may give broader effect to new rules of criminal procedure
than is required by the relevant opinion. See Danforth v.

Minnesota, 552 U. S. 264, 128 S. Ct. 1029, 169 L. Ed. 2d 859 ( 2008).

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
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