State of Louisiana v. Gary Lynn Fogg

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2026 KW 0756

VERSUS

GARY LYNN FOGG AUGUST 10, 2026

In Re: Gary Lynn Fogg, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.

523830.

BEFORE: WOLFE, STROMBERG, AND BALFOUR, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. As an indigent inmate, relator is entitled to
receive certain court documents, such as the bill of information,
commitment papers, court minutes for various portions of the trial,

and minutes of his sentencing, free of charge without the necessity
of establishing a particularized need. See State ex rel. Simmons
v. State, 93- 0275 ( La. 12/ 16/ 94), 647 So. 2d 1094 ( per curiam). " As

to all other documents, an indigent inmate has the constitutional
right to free copies of [ documents] only in those instances in
which he shows that denial of the request will deprive him of an
adequate opportunity to present [ his] claims fairly."' An inmate
cannot make a of particularized need absent a properly
showing
filed application for postconviction relief which sets out

specific claims of constitutional errors requiring the requested
documentation for support. See State ex rel. Bernard v. Criminal

Dist. Court Section J., 94- 2247 ( La. 4/ 28/ 95), 653 So. 2d 1174,
1175 ( per curiam).

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