State Of Louisiana v. Cassetti Dewayne Brown, Jr.

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.
CASSETTI DEWAYNE BROWN, JR.
No. 2023-KH-00609
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N RE: Casetti Dewayne Brown, Jr. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For
Supervisory Writ, Parish of Vernon, 30th Judicial District Court Number(s) 91528,
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KH 23-00152;
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September 06, 2023
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Crain, J., dissent.
McCallum, J., dissent.
JLW
JDH
SJC
JTG
PDG
09/06/2023 "See News Release 037 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 23-KH-0609
STATE OF LOUISIANA
v.
CASSETTI DEWAYNE BROWN, JR.
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE THIRTIETH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF VERNON
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted. The matter is r emanded to the court of appeal. That court is
ordered to allow applicant a reasonable amount of time to supplement his
application with the appropriate supporting documentation and to consider his pro
se filing on the merits. Cf. State ex rel. Johnson v. M aggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337
(La. 1983) (pro se petitioner “is not to be denied access to the courts for review of
his case on the merits by the overzealous application of form and pleading
requirements or hyper -technical interpretations of court rules.”). See also State v.
Scales, 2018-1681 (La. 7/17/20), 298 So.3d 155; State ex rel. Ward v. State , 2017-
0978 (La. 9/21/18), 252 So.3d 887.
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