2021KW0612 Nonprecedential Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Dynetta Hadrick Woods

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed August 16, 2021

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 0 612

VERSUS

DYNETTA HADRICK WOODS AUGUST 16, 2021

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs,

19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton
Rouge, No. 02- 12- 0330.

BEFORE: MaDONALD, LANIER, AND WOLFE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY. The district court

ruling of May 26, 2021 terminating the probation of respondent

is hereby VACATED. The jurisdiction of the district court was

divested and the jurisdiction of this court attached on May 21,
2019. La. Code Crim. P. art. 916. Thereafter, the district
court had no jurisdiction to act, except
as provided by Article
916. Terminating probation is not an exception enumerated in
Article 916. Accordingly, the district court lacked
jurisdiction to terminate respondent' s probation on May 26,
2021. See State v. Jones, 604 So. 2d 1335 ( La. App. 2d Cir.
1992) .

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT