State Of Louisiana v. Jeffery Jerome Fussell

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2024 KW 0489

VERSUS

JEFFERY J. FUSSELL AUGUST 23, 2024

In Re: Jeffery J. Fussell, applying for supervisory writs, 20th
Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No.
24- WCR- 112.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C. J., PENZATO AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Although relator captioned his pleading as a

petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the remedy he seeks is in
the nature of a request for postconviction relief. See La. Code
Crim. P. art. 924( 1). Applications for postconviction relief shall
be filed in the parish in which the petitioner was convicted. La.
Code Crim. P. art. 925. Relator was convicted in St. Tammany
Parish, but filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in West
Feliciana Parish. Accordingly, the district court correctly denied
relator' s petition.

JMG
ARP
TPS

URT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

Y CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT