2021KW0874 Nonprecedential Writ denied Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Benjamin Morris

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed October 18, 2021

Opinion text

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 Kw 0874

VERSUS

BENJAMIN MORRIS OCTOBER 18, 2021

In Re: Benjamin Morris, applying for supervisory writs, 21st
Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No.

11230.

BEFORE: LANIER, WOLFE, AND BURRIS,' JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Ramos v. Louisiana, U. S. , 140 S. Ct.
1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 ( 2020), does not apply retroactively to

relator whose convictions and sentences were final at the time

the decision was rendered. Accordingly, the district court did

not err by denying the application for postconviction relief.

WIL

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WJB

COURT / OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUT' CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT

1 Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment
of the Louisiana Supreme Court.