State Of Louisiana v. James Grayer

Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 06, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JAMES GRAYER
No. 2022-KP-01034
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N RE: State of Louisiana - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Number(s) 10- 93-0453,
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2022 KW 0217;
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September 06, 2023
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Genovese, J., would grant in part and deny in part and assigns reasons.
Griffin, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
WJC
JLW
JDH
SJC
JBM
09/06/2023 "See News Release 037 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2022-KP-01034
STATE OF LOUISIANA
V.
JAMES GRAYER
On Supervisory Writ to the 19th Judicial District Court,
Parish of East Baton Rouge
PER CURIAM
Writ granted. We vacate the district court’ s ruling, which granted post -
conviction relief after it found that Ramos v. Louisiana , 590 U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct.
1390, 206 L.Ed.2d 583 (2020), applies retroactively in state collateral proceedings
to this final conviction. See State v. Reddick , 2021 -01893 (L a. 10/21/22), 351
So.3d 273. We deny the application for post -conviction relief and the motion to
correct an illegal sentence. We reinstate the conviction and sentence, and remand
for further proceedings consistent with this ruling.
REVERSED AND REMANDED
09/06/23