State Of Louisiana v. Kendall Gordon

Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 24, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
KENDALL GORDON
No. 2025-K-00268
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IN
RE: State of Louisiana - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari,
Parish of Orleans Criminal, Criminal District Court Number(s) 555- 162, Court of
Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2024-KA-0244;
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September 24, 2025
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Weimer, C.J., dissents and would grant and docket.
Griffin, J., dissents and would grant and docket.
Guidry, J., dissents and would grant and docket.
WJC
JDH
JBM
CRC
09/24/2025 "See News Release 042 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 25-K-00268
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
KENDALL GORDON
On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Parish of Orleans
Criminal
PER CURIAM
Granted. Appellate courts review wrongful conviction compensation rulings
for manifest error. See State v. Jones, 2022-01455, p. 5 (La. 5/5/23), 362 So.3d
341, 345. In this case, the court of appeal improperly performed de novo review of
the trial court’s denial of Kendall Gordon’s petition for wrongful conviction
compensation. Accordingly, we reverse the ruling and remand the matter to the
court of appeal for reconsideration. The court shall review the trial court’s decision
for manifest error.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.