State Of Louisiana v. Raven Smith

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2026 KW 0594
VERSUS

RAVEN SMITH JULY 27, 2026
In Re: Raven Smith, applying for supervisory writs, 19th

Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No.
pC-25-01857.

BEFORE : PENZATO, GREENE, AND FIELDS, JJ.
WRIT DENIED.

AHP
HG

Fields, J., dissents and would grant the writ. In this
matter, the State should be precluded from using the defendant’s
grand jury testimony at trial when the original indictment was
quashed due to the presence of an unauthorized person in the
courtroom during the first grand jury proceeding.

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