State Of Louisiana v. Jessie D. Hoffman

Supreme Court of Louisiana
March 16, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JESSIE D. HOFFMAN
No. 2025-KD-00324
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IN
RE: Jessie D. Hoffman - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ,
Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Number(s) 265637;
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March 16, 2025
Writ application granted. Trial court affirmed. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.
McCallum, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
Griffin, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Justice Guidry and assigns additional
reasons.
Guidry, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
WJC
JLW
JDH
JBM
CRC
03/16/2025 "See News Release 009 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2025-KD-00324
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS.
JESSIE D. HOFFMAN
On Supervisory Writ to the 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany
PER CURIAM
Writ granted. Defendant seeks review of the trial court’s order denying his
motion to recall a warrant setting a March 18, 2025 execution date. Relying on a
preliminary injunction dissolved shortly after issuance in his federal court
proceedings, defendant argues Louisiana Revised Statute 15:567C requires the
execution date be reset.1 This argument has no merit. When a federal or state court
grants a stay of execution that is dissolved before the execution date, the execution
may proceed on the date originally fixed. See State ex rel. Williams v. State , 98-
1643 (La. 6/17/98), 747 So. 2d 487 (per curiam). As explained by Justice Lemmon:
The purpose of La. Rev. Stat. 15:567C is to provide the time period for
setting a new execution date when such action is necessary; the purpose
is not to necessitate a new execution date when the original execution
date is reinstated by reversal of an order that stayed the execut ion on
the originally fixed date.
Williams, 747 So. 2d at 487 (Lemmon, J., concurring in denial of reconsideration).
The trial court’s March 14, 2025 order denying the motion to recall the
warrant is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
1 La. R.S. 15:567C provides: “If any federal or Louisiana court grants a stay of execution,
or if the governor of Louisiana grants a reprieve, the trial court shall reset the execution date at
not less than thirty days nor more than forty-five days from the dissolution of the stay order, or
termination or expiration of the reprieve.”
03/16/2025 "See News Release 009 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."