2022-KH-01598 Precedential Writ application denied. Processed

State Of Louisiana v. Scott E. Houston

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed March 28, 2023

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State v. Houston 181 So. 3d 188
300 So. 3d 822 not in our corpus
348 So. 3d 1273 not in our corpus
335 So. 3d 252 not in our corpus

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Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 28, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
SCOTT E. HOUSTON
No. 2022-KH-01598
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N RE: Scott E. Houston - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of West Fe liciana, 20th Judicial District Court Number(s) 20-WCR -399,
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2022 KW 0627;
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March 28, 2023
Writ application denied. See per curiam.
C
richton, J., recused.
McCallum, J., recused.
JDH
JLW
JTG
WJC
PDG
03/28/2023 "See News Release 016 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No
. 22-KH-1598
S
TATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
SC
OTT E. HOUSTON
O
N SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTIETH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA
PE
R CURIAM:
W
rit denied. Applicant was found guilty as charged of armed robbery,
La.R.S. 14:64, after a bench trial conducted in the First Judicial District Court.
While the trial court initially misstated that it was finding applicant guilty of armed
robbery committed with a firearm, that misstatement was later clarified. The trial
court sentenced applicant for armed robbery as a habitual offender (second) to
serve 60 years imprisonment at hard labor without parole eligibility. The court of
appeal affirmed. State v. Houston , 50,126, 50,127 (La. App. 2 Cir. 11/18/15), 181
So.3d 188. Applicant exhausted his right to state collateral review. State v.
Houston, 2019-00727 (La. 8/14/20), 300 So.3d 822.
This court previously ordered that the district court minutes and commitment
order be corrected to eliminate any conflict with the relevant transcripts (dated
May 15, 2014, and July 2, 2014) . State v. Houston, 2022-01403 (La. 11/1/22), 348
So.3d 1273. Therefore, the claim presented by applicant to the Twentieth Judicial
District Court is moot. Nonetheless, we note that the ruling of that court contains
the misstatement (based on errors since corrected) that applicant was found guilty
of armed robbery committed with a firearm, La.R.S. 14:64, La.R.S. 14:64.3.
03/28/23

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Regardless, applicant’s claim, in addition to being moot, is repetitive. See, e.g.,
State v. Houston , 2021 -01988 (La. 4/5/22), 335 So.3d 252. Therefore, it was
correctly denied.