State Of Louisiana v. Rodney L. White

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2022 KW 0057

VERSUS

RODNEY L. WHITE APRIL 13, 2022

In Re: Rodney L. White, applying for supervisory writs, 19th
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge,
No. 02- 99- 0127.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT DENIED ON THE SHOWING MADE. Relator failed to include
a copy of the " Motion to annul and/ or Quash Nunc Pro Tunc, " the
district court' s ruling on the motion, the indictment, the
commitment order, all pertinent transcripts and/ or minute

entries, and any other portions of the district court record

that might support the claims raised in the application for
postconviction relief. Supplementation of this writ application

and/ or an application for rehearing will not be considered. See
Uniform Rules of Louisiana Courts of Appeal, Rules 2- 18. 7 & 4- 9.
Any future filing on this issue should include the entire

contents of this application, the missing items noted above, and

a copy of this ruling. In the event relator elects to file a

new application with this court, the application must be filed
on or before June 7, 2022.

Moreover, as an indigent inmate, relator is entitled to
receive certain court documents, such as his guilty plea

transcript, the bill of information or indictment, commitment

papers, court minutes for various portions of the trial, and

minutes of his sentencing, free of
charge without the necessity
of establishing a particularized need. See State ex rel.

Simmons v. State, 93- 0275 ( La. 12/ 16/ 94), 647 So. 2d 1094 ( per

curiam). For all other documents, the inmate is required to
establish a " particularized need" by properly filing an

application for postconviction relief, which sets out specific

claims of constitutional errors the requested
requiring
documentation for support. See State ex rel. Bernard v.

Criminal District Court Section " J", 94- 2247 ( La. 4/ 28/ 95), 653
So. 2d 1174, 1175 ( per curiam); State ex rel. McKnight v. State,
98- 2258 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 12/ 3/ 98), 742 So. 2d 894, 895 ( per

curiam) .

PMc
JEW

Holdridge, J., concurs and would deny the writ

application.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

EPUTY CILERk OF COURT
FOR THE COURT