2021KW0690 Nonprecedential Writ granted in part and denied in part Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Raymond James Tate

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed October 1, 2021

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 Kw 0690

VERSUS

RAYMOND JAMES TATE OCTOBER 1, 2021

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

16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary, No.
18- 202725.

BEFORE: MCCLENDON, WELCH, AND THERIOT, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The district
court erred in denying the state' s objection to the defendant' s
request
for a preliminary examination while awaiting the sanity
commission' s determination as to the defendant' s capacity to
proceed pursuant to the defendant' s motion to appoint a sanity
commission. See La. Code Crim. P. arts. 642 and 643.
Accordingly, the district court' s
ruling is vacated, and this
matter is remanded to the district court for further
proceedings. However, the state' s claim the
regarding
defendant' s request to issue a subpoena to the juvenile victim

for the preliminary examination hearing is denied. The district
court stayed the matter and did not yet issue a on the
ruling
defendant' s request for a subpoena.

PMC
JEW
MRT

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT