State of Louisiana v. Blake Allen Shell AKA Blake A. Shell

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

16-943

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

BLAKE ALLEN SHELL
A/K/A BLAKE A. SHELL

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APPEAL FROM THE
THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF VERNON, NO. 88404
HONORABLE VERNON B. CLARK, DISTRICT JUDGE

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MARC T. AMY
JUDGE

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Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Marc T. Amy, and Billy H. Ezell, Judges.

APPEAL DISMISSED. DEFENDANT IS
PERMITTED TO FILE AN APPLICATION
FOR SUPERVISORY WRITS WITHIN
FIFTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS
DECISION.

Asa Allen Skinner
District Attorney – Thirtieth Judicial District
Ronald Kenneth Seastrunk, ADA
P.O. Box 1188
Leesville, LA 71496-1188
(337) 239-2008
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
State of Louisiana

Annette Roach
Louisiana Appellate Project
P.O. Box 1747
Lake Charles, LA 70602-1747
(337) 436-2900
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
Blake Allen Shell

Amy, Judge.
Defendant, Blake Allen Shell, was charged in trial court docket number

88404 with underage driving while intoxicated in violation of La.R.S. 14:98.1, a

misdemeanor. Defendant entered a plea of no contest and was sentenced on July

26, 2016, to serve three months in the parish jail and to pay a fine of $300.00 to run

concurrently with a four year hard labor sentence imposed in trial court docket

number 88403. Defendant’s motion for appeal sought an appeal of both trial court

docket numbers 88403 and 88404. The appeal of both docket numbers was

granted.

On appeal, defense counsel contends the trial court erred in granting

Defendant’s motion for appeal of his misdemeanor conviction for underage driving

while intoxicated rather than treating the filing as a timely filed notice of intent to

file a supervisory writ of review. She requests this court consider the motion for

appeal as a notice of intent to file a writ of review and permit Defendant an

opportunity to file a writ of review on the underage driving while intoxicated

charge within thirty days of this court’s opinion.

The judgment at issue in this case is not an appealable judgment. La.Code

Crim.P. art. 912.1; La.R.S. 14:98.1; La.Code Crim.P. art. 779. Therefore, the

appeal in this case is hereby dismissed. However, Defendant-Appellant is hereby

permitted to file a proper application for supervisory writs, in compliance with

Uniform Rules—Courts of Appeal, Rule 4, no later than fifteen days from the date

of this decision. Defendant-Appellant is not required to file a notice of intent to

seek writs nor obtain an order setting a return date pursuant to Uniform Rules—

Courts of Appeal, Rule 4-3, as we hereby construe the motion for appeal as a

timely-filed notice of intent to seek a supervisory writ.

APPEAL DISMISSED. DEFENDANT-APPELLANT IS PERMITTED TO

FILE AN APPLICATION FOR SUPERVISORY WRITS WITH THIS

COURT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS

DECISION.

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