State Of Louisiana v. Reginald Ruffins

Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 18, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
REGINALD RUFFINS
No. 2024-K-01512
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IN
RE: State of Louisiana - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari,
Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Number(s) 390,262, Court of Appeal,
Second Circuit, Number(s) 55,952-KA;
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March 18, 2025
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L, WEIMEH
JUSTICES
wlLLIAM J. CRAIN
JOHN MICHAEL GUIDRY
CADE R. COLE
JAY B, I,{CCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER O. GNIFFIN
Firsl0ist.ict
S€cond Dislrict
Third District
Founh 0isnict
Fifth Disrrict
Sevenlh District
VERONICA O, KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
400 RoyalSl., Suile 4200
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130.8102
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March 18, 2025
2024-K-0t512 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. REGINALD RUFFINS
NOTE:FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED March 18.2025
MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL IN CAPTIONED CASE:
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court rrrovides that the arrrrlicant
Sixrh District
or relator, as the case may be, must file their briefs on gr before April 14,2025; and
the resDondent on or before May 2,2025.
It is further provided in Rule VII, Section 9 that briefs sent through the mail shall be deemed
timely filed if mailed on or before the due date. If the brief is received by mail on the hrst
legal day following the expiration of the delay, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it
was timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the
mailing shall be shown only by an official United States postmark or by official receipt or
certificate from the United States Postal Service, or bona fide commercial mail services such
as Federal Express or United Parcel Service, made at the time ofmailing which indicates the
date thereof. Any other date stamp, such as a private commercial mail meter stamp, or label
from an Automated Postal Center, shall not be used to establish timeliness.
Briefs forwarded by private delivery or courier service shall be deemed timely filed only if
received by the clerk on or before the last day ofthe delay for filing.
Reg ards.
yan Chan
RC: RC
ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Donald E. Hathaway, Jr.
Hon. Mike Spence
Deputy Clerk
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Please be advised that the above-captioned matter will be set for oral argument on this
Court's next available docket. A copy of the official docket with the specific date and time
of oral argument will be mailed out.
Oral argument will be waived if brief is untimely filed. Briefs submitted on legal sized paper
should be fastened at the top. All briefs should be backed with the customary "Blueback" or
other flexible material. In criminal proceedings, the court directs that counsel must file a
brief. Failure to do so may subject counsel to a penalty of contempt of Court.

Hon. Robin Norman Jones
I st Judicial District Court: 390,262 - JDC:l st
Court of Appeal, Second Circuit: 55,952-KA

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
REGINALD RUFFINS
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, No. 390,262,
Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 55,952-KA.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the fotlowing order, to wit- "It is
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate of the case; and that counsel for all parties
be notified."
Now, therefore, the said District Court and the Court of Appeal is hereby
commanded, in the name of the State of Louisiana and of this Honorable Court. to
send up forthwith to this Court, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 1. at the
C ity of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.
Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, on
this 18th day of March, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Five.
Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
uty Cterk of Court
No. 2024-K-01512
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