State Of Louisiana v. Felton Thompson
Also decided on this docket: La., March 20, 2025; La., February 6, 2025
State Of Louisiana v. Felton Thompson, No. 2024-KK-00564 (La. Sept. 24, 2024).
Opinion text
Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 24, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
FELTON THOMPSON
No. 2024-KK-00564
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N RE: Felton Thompson - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Number(s) 19- 0534, Court of
Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 23-K-337;
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September 24, 2024
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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09/24/2024 "See News Release 043 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Aetu (Erleung
CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L, WEIMER
JUSTICES
WILLIAM J CRAIN
SCOTT J. CFICHTON
JEANNETTE T, KNOLL
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER D. GRIFFIN
First District
Second Disvict
Third Districr (pro
tempore)
Fourth District
Fifth Oisvict
Sevenlh District
VEFONICA O, KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
400 Roy6l St., Suite 4200
NEW ORLEANS. LA 70130.8102
TELEPHONE (s04) 310-2300
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September 24.2021
2024-KK-00561 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FELTON THOMPSON
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED September 24,2024
MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL IN CAPTIONED CASE:
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.
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court rrrovides that the aDDlicant
or relator. as the case may be. must file their briefs on or before October 2l . 202* and
Sixth Oisrricl
the respondgnt qn or before November 8,2024.
Oral argument will be waived if brief is untimely filed. Briefs submifted 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.
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 first
legal day following the expiration of the delay, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it
was timely fited. 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 of mailing 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.
Re S.
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RC: RC
ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Stephen D. Enright, Jr
Deputl Clerk
fiuyltrce Osail
09/24/24
Hon. Jon A. Gegenheimer
Hon. Curtis Pursell, Clerk
24th Judicial District Court: 19-0534 - JDC:24th Div:N
Cour-t of Appeal, Fifth Circuit: 23-K-337
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2024-KK-00564
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VERSUS
FELTON THOMPSON
On Supervisory Writ and/or Remedial Writs
24th Judicial District Court, Parish ofJefferson, No. 19-0534;
Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 23-K-337.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following order, to wit- "lt is
ordered that the writ of review issuet that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate ofthe 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
City 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 24th day ofSeptember, in the year of
our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Four.
Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
Deputy Clerk of Court
send up forthwith to this Court, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 1, at the