State Of Louisiana v. Claudius Timotheus Davis

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 1133
VERSUS

CLAUDIUS T. DAVIS MARCH 9, 2026
In Re: Claudius T. Davis, applying for supervisory writs, 21st

Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No. 24-
PELN-049128.

BEFORE : MILLER, EDWARDS, AND FIELDS, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. The party seeking relief is responsible for
filing and attaching all documents and exhibits in connection with
an application for writs. See Uniform Rules of Louisiana Courts
of Appeal, Rule 4-5. The district attorney has entire charge and
control of every criminal prosecution instituted or pending in his
district, and determines whom, when, and how he shall prosecute.
see La. Code Crim. P. art. 61. Only a final judgment or ruling is
appealable. La. Code Crim. P. art. 912(A). A defendant may appeal
a judgment which imposes sentence. la. Code Crim. P. art.
912(C) (1). Relator has not been convicted and sentenced in this
case. Thus, he is not entitled to file an appeal and jurisdiction
remains with the district court. In the future, in the event of
an adverse pretrial ruling, should relator seek review of such
ruling, he may invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of this court

by filing a writ application. see La. Code Crim. P. art.
912.1(C) (1).

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