State Of Louisiana v. Benjamin Bridges

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISTANA NO. 2025 KW 0918
VERSUS

BENJAMIN TY BRIDGES NOVEMBER 3, 2025
In Re: Benjamin Ty Bridges, applying for supervisory writs,

19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton
Rouge, No. DC-21-04557.

BEFORE : LANIER, WOLFE, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. As a general matter, incarcerated indigents are
entitled, of right, to free copies of transcripts of guilty plea
collogquies, the bill of information, district court minutes for
various portions of their trials, and documents committing them to

custody. See State ex rel. Simmons v. State, 93-0275 (La.
12/16/94), 647 So.2d 1094 (per curiam); see also State v. Toney,
2023-00961 (La. 1/10/24), 375 So.3d 963, 964 (per curiam). The

proper procedural vehicle to seek a free copy of district court
minutes is through a motion for production filed in the criminal
proceedings. See State ex rel. McKnight v. State, 98-2258 (La.
App. ist Cir. 12/3/98), 742 So.2d 894, 895 (per curiam). There is
no record of a properly filed motion for production of documents
with an Order that is directed to the district court. Should
celator elect to file a motion for production of documents in the
district court, he may seek review with this court without the
necessity of obtaining a return date, in the event the motion is

denied by the district court.

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