State Of Louisiana v. Rickey Lionel Laurant
State Of Louisiana v. Rickey Lionel Laurant, No. 2021KW0544 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 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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DEPCJTYLE K OF COURT
FOR THE COURT