State Of Louisiana v. Brhian Thomas

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 20, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
BRHIAN THOMAS
No. 2024-KP-00267
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IN RE: Br
hian Thomas - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of Lafourche, 17th Judicial District Court Number(s) 570380, Court of
Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2023 KW 1224;
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November 20, 2024
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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JLW
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SJC
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11/20/2024 "See News Release 053 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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STATE OF LOUISIANA
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CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L, WEIMER
JUSTICES
WLLIAM J, CRAIN
SCOTT J. CRICHTON
JEANNETTE T. KNOLL
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER O. GNIFFIN
Sixth District VERONICA O, KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
400 RoyalSt., Suite 4200
NEW OBLEANS, LA 70130'8102
TELEPHONE (504) 310-2300
HOlvlE PAGE httpJ/www.lasc.org
November 20,2024
2024-KP-00267 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRHIAN THOMAS
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WzuT GRANTED November 20,2024
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 th e Rules of this Court orovides that the aoolicant
or relator. as the case may trc. must file their briefs on or before December 16,2024t
and the respondent on or before January 6,2025.
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.
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 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 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.
Regards,
van Chan
RC:RC
ccs: All Counsel
Hon. F. Hugh Larose
Deputy Clerk
First Dislrict
S6cond Oistrict
Third District (pro
Fourth District
Fifth District
Seventh District
11/20/24

Hon. Annette M. Fontana
Hon. Rodd Naquin, Clerk
17th Judicial District Court: 570380 - JDC:17th Div:E
Court of Appeal, First Circuit: 2023 KW 1224

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2024-KP-00267
STATE OF LOUISIANA
vs.
BRHIAN THOMAS
On Supervisory Writ and/or Remedial Writs
Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche, No. 570380;
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2023 KW 1224.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, olthe
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following 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
Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court of the State ofLouisiana, on
this 20th day of November, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Four.
Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
Deputy Clerk of Court
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.