St John the Baptist Parish District Attorney Versus Shondrell La'shon Perrilloux

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH DISTRICT NO. 25-K-367
ATTORNEY
FIFTH CIRCUIT
VERSUS
COURT OF APPEAL
SHONDRELL LA'SHON PERRILLOUX
STATE OF LOUISIANA

September 09, 2025

Linda Tran
First Deputy Clerk

IN RE SHONDRELL LA'SHON PERRILLOUX

APPLYING FOR SUPERVISORY WRIT FROM THE FORTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DIRECTED TO THE HONORABLE
NGHANA LEWIS, DIVISION "B", NUMBER 25,171

Panel composed of Judges Marc E. Johnson,
Stephen J. Windhorst, and John J. Molaison, Jr.

WRIT DENIED; MOTION TO STAY DENIED

Relator, Shondrell La’Shon Perrilloux, seeks review of the 40th Judicial
District Court’s (“40th JDC”) July 8, 2025 judgment denying her 3rd Motion to
Quash. For the following reasons, Relator’s application is denied.

Relator is the manager of A Quality Touch Commercial Builders, LLC,
which has a business mailing address in St. Charles Parish. She is domiciled in St
John Parish. On or around August 15, 2024, Relator received $5,000 in cash from
Mr. Joseph Banks for building materials in exchange for a check for $7,300, post-
dated September 17, 2024. The check is written against the account of A Quality
Touch Commercial Builders LLC to “Joseph Bank”; the check is signed by
Relator. Relator alleges that she issued the check to Mr. Banks at the RaceTrac in
Kenner at the intersection of Airline and Williams Blvd, which is in Jefferson
Parish. Relator avers that she was in constant contact with Mr. Banks and he was
aware that she was awaiting payment from a third party, in order to have the funds
needed to clear the check.

Relator alleges that notice of non-payment was sent by the Office of the
District Attorney for the Parish od St. John the Baptist on December 10, 2024 by
regular mail. On December 19, 2024, Relator filed a letter to advise the District
Attorney that she intended to settle her debts with Mr. Banks in January and asked
to be relieved of the letter of demand. A warrant for her arrest was issued on
February 1, 2025 – she turned herself in a few weeks later. On April 9, 2025, a bill
of information was filed against Relator, charging her with issuing worthless
checks worth $1500 or more, in violation of La. R.S. 14:71(C). Both the warrant

and the bill of information state that the offense was committed in St. John the
Baptist Parish.

In her writ application, Relator urges that the 40th JDC is an improper venue
and it does not have jurisdiction, and the matter is civil and not criminal in nature.
She also challenges the sufficiency of the State’s evidence against her.

First, Relator, appearing pro se, failed to include any of the Motions to
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Quash she filed, in either her original or supplemental writ application, which is
required pursuant to Uniform Rules – Courts of Appeal, Rule 4-5(8)2. Further,
although a claim of improper venue is properly raised in advance of trial via a
motion to quash under La. C.Cr.P. art. 615, we cannot tell from the contents of the
application whether Relator first raised the issue at the district court. Also,
Relator’s notice of intent, signed and dated August 14, 2025, was filed with the
district court more than thirty days after the district court’s May and July rulings
denying her motions to quash. See Uniform Rules – Courts of Appeal, Rule 4-3,
which provides that “the return date shall not exceed 30 days from the date of the
ruling at issue.”

When considering a motion to quash, the trial court must accept as true the
facts contained in the bill of information and the bills of particulars, and determine
as a matter of law and from the face of the pleadings whether a crime has been
charged; while evidence may be adduced, such may not include a defense on the
merits. State v. Trevino, 07-870 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/27/08), 985 So.2d 851, 856-57,
writ denied, 08-1900 (La. 4/3/09), 6 So.3d 768 (footnotes omitted). In examining
the bill included with the writ application, we find that the State’s allegations
against Relator comprise the elements of a violation of La. R.S. 14:71 Issuing
worthless checks.

Finally, Relator’s remaining arguments address the merits of the case against
her. But, fact-intensive inquiries regarding the sufficiency of the evidence and the
merits of the case are not properly raised by a motion to quash; rather, they should
be decided on the evidence at trial. Trevino, supra.

Accordingly, on the showing made, the writ application is denied. Relator’s
motion to stay is also denied.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 9th day of September, 2025.

MEJ
SJW
JJM

1
According to the July 8, 2025 Order of the district court, Relator has filed multiply . . . but substantively
indistinguishable, pleadings”.
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Also, Relator’s notice of intent, signed and dated August 14, 2025, was filed with the district court more than thirty
days after the district court’s May and July rulings denying her motions to quash. See Uniform Rules – Courts of
Appeal, Rule 4-3, provides that “the return date shall not exceed 30 days from the date of the ruling at issue.”

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY CURTIS B. PURSELL

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