text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Fredrick Jermaine TAYLOR.
    No. 2013-KO-1233.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Taylor, Fredrick Jermaine; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. K, No. 10-09-470; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 KA 1640.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Cardell Demond ROBINSON.
    No. 2013-KO-1234.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Robinson, Cardell Demond; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 11-10-0063; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 KA 1731.

Denied.


text:
    Arthur THOMAS v. John ANDRESSEN, et al.
    No. 2013-CI-1269.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Thomas, Arthur; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 711-396; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 13-C-248.

Denied.

HUGHES, J„ would grant.


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    STATE ex rel. Jacob Ray GRIFFITH v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1328.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Griffith, Jacob Ray; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. 4, No. 234,874; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,-461-KH.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. David BANKS v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1354.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Banks, David; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. N, No. 09-07-0351; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0335.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Damon STACK v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1359.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Stack, Damon; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 94-2420; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 12-KH-925.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Rickey BARNES v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1360.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Barnes, Rickey; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. 3, No. 170,796; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,-139-KH C/W 48,242-KH.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Roger KOHN v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1361.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Kohn, Roger; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Vernon, 30th Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 69169; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 12-00633.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Jerry Wayne TURNER v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1362.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Turner, Jerry Wayne; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 44,861; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,-400-KH.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


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    STATE ex rel. Rickey HILLS v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1363.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Hills, Rickey; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 10-08-0427; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0302.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Joseph TYLER v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1364.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Tyler, Joseph; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Landry, 27th Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 03-3185-C; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 12-00598.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Kevin Brian HAYES v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1366.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Hayes, Kevin Brian;—Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 498383; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0310.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. George MOORE v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1367.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Moore, George; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Madison, 6th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 36,451; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,-467-KH.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


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    STATE ex rel. Tina EMERSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1373.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Emerson, Tina; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. P, No. 99-6703; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 13-KH-390.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189; see also State ex rel. Fleury v. State, 93-2898 (La.10/13/95), 661 So.2d 488.


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    STATE ex rel. Albert WOOLENS, Jr. v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1376.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Woolens Jr., Albert; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Terrébonne, 32nd Judicial District Court Div. E, Nos. 438860, 452721; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0351.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Raymond ROCHON v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1377.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Rochon, Raymond; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Acadia, 15th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 32525.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Alvin MEAD v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1387.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Mead, Alvin; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. H, No. 395-920; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-K-0352.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.

JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.


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    STATE ex rel. Ronald THOMPSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1403.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Thompson, Ronald; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish on St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 307921; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0424.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Samqel Franklin SOKOLOWSKI.
    No. 2013-OK-1942.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Sokolowski, Samuel Franklin;— Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 455775; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0765.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Otis LOCKETT.
    No. 2013-KK-2038.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Lockett, Otis; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. D, No. 513-023; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-K-1561.

Denied.

HUGHES, J., would grant.


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    Holland BYRD v. Broc LINTON, Charles Faktor, Betty Beam, Michael Beam, Johanna Thomas and Code 3 Place, LLC.
    No. 2013-C-2093.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Byrd, Holland; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 136,233; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,191-CA C/W 48,192-CA.

Denied.


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    Shawn M. O’DANIELS v. Darla R. GAUDET, et al.
    No. 2013-CC-2102.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re M/V Deborah E, LLC; M/V Edith Pearl, LLC; — Third Party(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court Div. I, No. 12-1874; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-C-0372.

Denied.


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    MANDINA, INC., d/b/a Mandina’s Restaurant v. John O’BRIEN and Powell Insurance Company.
    No. 2013-C-2104.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Mandina, Inc. D/B/A Mandina’s Restaurant; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court Div. M, No. 2006-09497; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-CA-0085.

Denied.


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    Jennifer SCALLAN and Brent Smith, Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Daughter, Kayla Smith v. STATE of Louisiana through the DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION and/or the Office of Risk Management, City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission and/or the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Foundation, Devin Collins and Marvin Brown.
    No. 2013-CC-2105.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Scallan, Jennifer et al.; Smith, Brent; Smith, Kayla;' — Plaintiff(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 568-531; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 CW 0619.

Denied.


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    Jeffrey K. STEGALL v. ORR MOTORS OF LITTLE ROCK, INC. D/B/A Sparks Nissan Kia Real Estate, Inc.
    No. 2013-C-2106.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Stegall, Jeffrey K.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Ouachita, Monroe City Court, No. 2010-CV-00612; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,214-CA.

Denied.


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    Jeffrey K. STEGALL v. ORR MOTORS OF LITTLE ROCK, INC. d/b/a Sparks Nissan Kia Real Estate, Inc.
    No. 2013-C-2107.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Orr Motors of Little Rock Inc. d/b/a Sparks Nissan Kia Real Estate, LLC; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Oua-chita, Monroe City Court, No. 2010-CV-00612; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,214-CA.

Denied.

CLARK, J., would grant.


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    Travis THIBODAUX v. Ryan T. MALAIN, Jana B. Richard and XYZ Insurance Company.
    No. 2013-CC-2108.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Thibodaux, Travis; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Charles, 29th Judicial District Court Div. E, No. 75,587; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 13-C-502.

Denied.


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    Robert R. LENIG v. TEXTRON MARINE AND LAND SYSTEMS (Textron Inc.).
    No. 2013-C-2123.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Lenig, Robert R.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review Office of Workers’ Compensation Dist # 8, No. 2012-01728; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-CA-0579.

Denied.


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    Shawna FARLEY v. Edward A. DUFRESNE, Jr., et al.
    No. 2013-CP-2124.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Farley, Shawna; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. O, No. 672,291.

Denied.

GUIDRY, J., recused.


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    Keyoinata M. MARTIN v. Edward A. DUFRESNE, Jr., et al.
    No. 2013-CP-2126.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Martin, Keyoinata M.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedíal Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court, No. 672,938.

Denied.

GUIDRY, J., recused.


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    BASELINE CONSTRUCTION & RESTORATION OF LOUISIANA, LLC v. FAVROT REALTY PARTNERSHIP, et al.
    No. 2013-CC-2128.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Baseline Construction & Restoration of Louisiana, LLC; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court Div. A, No. 2007-06429; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-C-0793.

Denied.


text:
    Roland Lee LEWIS v. PROLINE SYSTEMS, INC., et al.
    No. 2013-C-2134.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Lewis, Roland Lee; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Jefferson Davis, 31st Judicial District Court Div. O, No. C-392-08; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 13-88.

Denied.


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    Dorothy Lee BURANDT Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Pauline Singelmann. v. PENDLETON MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL and/or Universal Health Services, Inc. and/or Healthsouth Corporation and/or Healthsouth of New Orleans, Inc.
    No. 2013-C-2139.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Healthsouth Corporation; Health-south of New Orleans, Inc.; — Defendant(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court Div. D, No. 06-10235; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-CA-0049.

Denied.


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    Miriam Stagner UPCHURCH, Amanda Upchurch Caporossi and John David Upchurch v. STATE of Louisiana through the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, the City of Shreveport, Austin Bridge & Road, Inc., Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company and Rishaida Rochelle Trapani.
    No. 2013-C-2153.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 510794; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,354-CA.

Denied.


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    Bruce L. FEINGERTS v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Bruce L. Feingerts v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Joseph W. Rogers, and American Manufactures Mutual Insurance Company.
    No. 2013-C-2156.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Feingerts, Bruce L.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court Div. A, No. 2001-20552; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Nos. 2012-CA-1598, 2013-CA-0023.

Denied.


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    Richard TAYLOR v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC. and John Doe.
    No. 2013-C-2164.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Taylor, Richard; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Livingston, 21st Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 129539; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1587.

Denied.

JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.


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    VANGUARD ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC v. TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.
    No. 2013-C-2165.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government;- — -Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Terrebonne, 32nd Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 166,406; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1998.

Denied.


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    PRECISION CONSULTANTS, LLC v. HURRICANE LEGAL CENTER, LLC.
    No. 2013-C-2178.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Hurricane Legal Center, LLC; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certio-rari and/or Review, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 2011-11393; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1906.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Eric COLE.
    No. 2013-KK-2179.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. D, No. 515-522; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-K-0841.

Denied.

GUIDRY and HUGHES, JJ., would grant.


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    Paula FORTENBERRY v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, et al.
    No. 2013-CC-2180.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Bauman, Edward K.; Continental Casualty Company, et ah; — Defendant(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Calcasieu, 14th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 2005-0560; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW 13-00609.

Denied.

VICTORY, J., would grant.


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    Victoria GRIMES v. MAISON DES AMI OF LOUISIANA, INC.
    No. 2013-C-2183.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Maison Des Ami of Louisiana, Inc.; Republic Vanguard Insurance Company;— Defendant(s); Applying For Writ of Cer-tiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. O, No. 537,787; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1762.

Denied.


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    Kevin T. MIKESELL v. Kristina BINNEY.
    No. 2013-C-2185.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Mikesell, Kevin T.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 2010-17524; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1399.

Denied.


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    Kevin T. MIKESELL v. Kristina BINNEY.
    No. 2013-C-2186.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Mikesell, Kevin T.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 2010-17524; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1736.

Denied.


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    Vincent and Gayle DISTEFANO v. Bruce and Jiall WILKERSON.
    No. 2013-C-2192.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Wilkerson, Bruce et al.; Wilkerson, Jill;' — Defendant(s); Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. O, No. 596176; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1012.

Denied.


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    Steven McMURTRY v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
    No. 2013-CC-2199.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re United Service Automobile Association; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. G, No. 2011-16930; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 CW 0843.

Denied.


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    Wallace Campbell DRENNAN, III v. Claudia Carrere DRENNAN.
    No. 2013-C-2200.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Drennan III, Wallace Campbell;— Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 633-646; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 12-CA-503.

Denied.


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    Justine T. BALLAY v. MALL OF LOUISIANA LAND HOLDING, L.L.C., et al.
    No. 2013-CC-2201.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Capitol Indemnity Corporation; Capitol Specialty Insurance Corporation;— Defendant(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 583-546; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 CW 0570.

Denied.


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    Josie M. LAMB v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA and Jacob Rosette.
    No. 2013-CD-2204.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Lamb, Josie M.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Mandamus and/or Writ of Prohibition, Parish of St. Landry, Opelou-sas City Court, No. 34537.

Denied on the showing made.


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    Jeffrey K. STEGALL v. ORR MOTORS OF LITTLE ROCK, INC.
    No. 2013-C-2402.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Stegall, Jeffrey K.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Ouachita, Monroe City Court, No. 2010-CV-00612; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,214-CA.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Erick TOWNSEND.
    No. 2013-KK-2724.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 22, 2013.
   In re Townsend, Erick; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Washington, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. J, No. 09-CR10-105531; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 1977.

Stay denied; writ denied.


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    Clifford Blaine STELLY, et al. v. ST. ANNE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF COW ISLAND, LOUISIANA, et al.
    No. 2013-CC-1898.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Crane, Dennis; Father Michael Keith Landry; Fontenot, Cathy Hebert; Lasalle, Patricia; Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette; The Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church of Cow Island, Louisiana, et al.;— Defendant(s); Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Vermilion, 15th Judicial District Court Div. G, No. 93805-G; to the Court, of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW 13-00528.

Granted. Defendants produced evidence indicating the cemetery regulations were properly passed and enforced. When a motion for summary judgment is made and supported, the adverse party may not rest on the allegations or denials of his pleadings, but must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial. La.Code Civ. P. art. 967; Jones v. Estate of Santiago, 03-1424 (La.4/14/04), 870 So.2d 1002. Plaintiffs failed to make such a showing. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and summary judgment is granted in favor of defendants.

VICTORY and WEIMER, JJ., would deny.


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    Amy JENKINS v. WASHINGTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD and Jake McCormick.
    No. 2013-OC-2234.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Jenkins, Amy; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Washington, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. C, No. 103,077; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 CA 0490.

Not considered. Not timely filed. See Supreme Court Rule X, § 5(d).


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    Gwendolyn CROWLEY v. Susan SONNIER, Administrator Office of Unemployment Security, Curt Eysink; Administrator Louisiana Workforce Commission and Regional Extended Homecare.
    No. 2013-C-2237.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Crowley, Gwendolyn; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. M, No. 604,-893; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1852.

Not considered. Not timely filed. See Supreme Court Rule X, § 5.


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    STATE ex rel. Rodney HAMILTON v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1094.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Hamilton, Rodney; — Plaintiff; Applying for Reconsideration of this Court’s action dated October 25, 2013; Parish of Jefferson 24th Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 75-351.

Reconsideration denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Matthias FRANCOIS.
    Nos. 2013-OK-1927, 2013-OK-2096.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Francois, Matthias; — Defendant; Applying for Reconsideration of this court’s action dated October 10, 2013, Parish of Jefferson, Jefferson Parish Second City Court No. S124703; 24th Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 12-5376.

Reconsideration denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Obadiah G. FRANCOIS.
    No. 2013-OK-2097.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Francois, Obadiah G.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Reconsideration of this court’s action dated October 10, 2013, Parish of Jefferson, Jefferson Parish Second City Court, No. S1242703.

Reconsideration denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Louis Joseph GEORGE.
    No. 2012-KO-2542.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re George, Louis Joseph; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Lafayette, 15th Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 114778; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 12-566.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald HOLLIS.
    No. 2013-KP-0580.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Reconsideration of this court’s action dated September 20, 2013; Parish of Ouachita 4th Judicial District Court Div. E, No. ll-M-3535; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 47,828-KA.

Denied.


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    STATE of Louisiana v. William S. CARTER.
    No. 2013-KP-1136.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Carter, William S.; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 145,006; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48329-KW.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Lloyd RICHARD.
    No. 2013-K-1220.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Richard, Lloyd; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of St. James, 23rd Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 5263 C/W 5264; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 12-KA-310 C/W 12-KA-311.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Trevel WATTS.
    No. 2013-KO-1232.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Watts, Trevel; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of St. Tammany, 22nd Judicial District Court Div. F, No. 512692; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 KA 1599.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Ortiz T. JACKSON.
    No. 2013-KO-1235.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Jackson, Ortiz T.; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. G, No. 482-029; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0090.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Moses TATTEN, Jr.
    No. 2013-KO-1236.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Tatten Jr., Moses; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. G, No. 495-899; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0443.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Jonathan L. VEAL.
    No. 2013-KO-1237.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Veal, Jonathan L.; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. H, No. 492-472; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0712.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Tyrone BIENEMY.
    No. 2013-KO-1266.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Bienemy, Tyrone; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. H, No. 492-472; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0712.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Phillip J. KNIGHT v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1268.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Knight, Phillip J.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Divs. D, A, Nos. 86-544, 00-6148; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Nos. 12-KH-739, 12-KH-933, 12-KH-934,13-KH-202,13-KH-203.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189; see also State ex rel. Fleury v. State, 93-2898 (La.10/13/95), 661 So.2d 488.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Kerry M. CUREAUX.
    No. 2013-KO-1270.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Cureaux, Kerry M.; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. L, No. 492-369; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0335.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Michael GUICE.
    No. 2013-K-1272.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. A, No. 467-956; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-K-0470.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Leroy A. LODGE. State of Louisiana v. Leroy A. Lodge.
    No. 2013-K-1318.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Lodge, Leroy A.; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. B, No. 502-192, C/W 508-450; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2012-KA-0733 C/W 2012-KA-0734.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Duyong T. JONES v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1327.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Jones, Duyong T.; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 96F1162; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 48,-450-KH.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Deairen WILLIAMS.
    No. 2013-KO-1335.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Williams, Deairen; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. I, No. 10-1042; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 12-KA-687.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Antonio REYES.
    No. 2013-KO-1336.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Reyes, Antonio; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 189,420; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 47,-918-KA.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Curtis Lee JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1347.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Johnson, Curtis Lee; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of St. Mary, 16th Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 2008-176475; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 KA 1605.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Benjamin MORRIS v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1348.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Morris, Benjamin; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Livingston, 21st Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 94-FELN-011230; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2013 KW 0427.

Denied.


text:
    STATE of Louisiana v. Pedro ORTEGA.
    No. 2013-KO-1375.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Ortega, Pedro; — Defendant; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Ascension, 23rd Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 27,779; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 KA 1165.

Denied.


text:
    Ronnie WILLIAMS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, et al.
    No. 2013-CI-1378.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Williams, Ronnie; — Plaintiff; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. M, No. 598498; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2012 CA 1717.

Denied.


text:
    STATE ex rel. Gary LANDRY v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1388.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Landry, Gary; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. J, No. 358-057; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Nos. 2013-K-0229, 2013-K-0736.

Denied. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8; State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189.


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    STATE ex rel. Anthony Ray WILLIAMS v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1394.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Williams, Anthony Ray; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 180,639; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 47,-750-KA.

Denied.


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    STATE ex rel. Cary ANKERICH v. STATE of Louisiana.
    No. 2013-KH-1405.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 2, 2013.
   In re Ankerich, Cary; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. N, No. 11-1196; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 13-KH-431.

Denied.

GUIDRY, J., recused.

HUGHES, J., would grant.


author: ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

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    STATE of Louisiana v. Michael HALL.
    No. 2012-K-0531.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
    April 20, 2012.
    Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, John Alford, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for the State/Respondent.
    Michael Kennedy, New Orleans, LA, for Michael Kennedy/Relator.
    Court composed of Chief Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge ROSEMARY LEDET.
   ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

| delator’s application for rehearing is granted. However, we find the Relator is not entitled to the relief he seeks. Relator seeks review of the district court’s denial of his motion to quash and release from custody pursuant to - La.C.Cr.P. art. 701. Article 701 provides in pertinent part:

D. (1) A motion by the defendant for a speedy trial, in order to be valid, must be accompanied by an affidavit by defendant’s counsel certifying that the defendant and his counsel are prepared to proceed to trial within the delays set forth in this Article. After the filing of a motion for a speedy trial by the defendant and his counsel the time period for commencement of trial shall be as follows:
(2) Failure to commence trial within the time periods provided above shall result in the release of the defendant without bail or in the discharge of the bail obligation, if after contradictory hearing with the district attorney, just cause for the delay is not shown.
E. “Just cause” as used in this Article shall include any grounds beyond the control of the State or the Court.

Relator contends that on November 2, 2011, he filed a motion for speedy trial and that he was entitled to be brought to trial within 120 days of that date. In denying the defendant’s motion, the district court orally reasoned as follows:

“I don’t think that the drafters of the statute ever intended that — what you guys basically did, was you filed a motion for speedy trial that covered every article under Article 701, that addresses whether or not he was charged timely, whether or not he was arraigned timely, and |j>whether or not he proceeded to trial timely, all issues addressed by Article 701. And so you filed it before the indictment even occurred, before he was even arraigned. And so, basically, now you’re arguing the time should start to click — so, basically, you guys sign an affidavit saying that you are ready for trial before you even got any discovery. Now, how you guys are ready, I don’t know.... But I find sufficient just cause that I am not releasing the defendant pursuant to Article 701.”

We find, as the district court aptly pointed out, that the Legislature’s intent in requiring an affidavit from counsel “certifying that the defendant and his counsel are prepared to proceed to trial within the delays set forth in this Article [701]” was not to allow defense counsel to file a motion for speedy trial before a defendant is arraigned. Rather, the Legislature’s intent was that such a motion should be filed after defense counsel has engaged in discovery and adequately prepared the case for trial.

Regardless, the district court found “good cause” for denying the motion for the following reasons: (i) Relator is charged with a serious offense: second degree kidnapping and aggravated rape; (ii) Relator has not been held in custody for “an exorbitant amount of time, with no action taking place on his case;” (iii) the first trial setting is for April 23, 2012, which has not yet occurred; and (iv) the district court agreed to revisit the issue in the event the case does not go to trial as scheduled. Given the circumstances of this case, we cannot conclude the district court erred in finding “good cause.”

Accordingly, Relator’s application for rehearing is granted, but his request for relief is denied.

REHEARING GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED


author: EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge.

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    STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of R.D.
    No. 2012-CA-0619.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
    Oct. 3, 2012.
    Rehearing Denied Oct. 19, 2012.
    Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Felicity Strachan, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for the State of Louisiana.
    Julia Farinas, Juvenile Regional Services, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.
    (Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).
   EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge.

hThe juvenile, R.D., appeals his adjudication as a delinquent, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to support his adjudication pursuant to La.Rev.Stat. 14:95.8. After review of the record in light of the applicable law and arguments of the parties, we reverse the juvenile’s adjudication.

Relevant Procedural History

By judgment rendered on February 2, 2012, and signed on February 7, 2012, based on a disposition hearing which took place on January 5, 2012, the juvenile was found delinquent based on the offense of “ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF HANDGUN BY A JUVENILE” and committed to the Department of Public safety and Corrections for a period of time not to exceed 18 months with 12 months of that sentence suspended.

Relevant Facts

The following evidence was adduced at trial. On December 10, 2011, at approximately 1:55 a.m., Officer Kevin Wheeler of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and his partner, Officer Barrow, were on patrol when, at the 12intersection of Broad and Toledano Streets, they observed a vehicle in which the driver and backseat passenger were not wearing safety belts. Accordingly, Officer Wheeler activated the overhead lights and spot lamp of the patrol car, indicating that the vehicle should pull over. The vehicle continued travelling for several blocks before pulling over in a very dark area on Broad Street near the NFL Youth Center. Officer Wheeler stopped the patrol car behind the vehicle and approached the driver’s side of the vehicle. As he was doing so, he observed the juvenile (the sole occupant of the backseat) look over his left shoulder and then use his elbow to close the armrest into its up-position. Based on the area and his experience as a police officer, the juvenile’s movements induced his concern for officer safety. Accordingly, he asked the driver for his identification and asked all of the occupants whether there were any firearms in the vehicle. The occupants denied the presence of any firearms but, upon noticing the odor of marijuana coming through the driver’s open window, Officer Wheeler Officer Wheeler “had the occupants exit the vehicle.” He then found “[w]here [the juvenile] was seated, next to him was the armrest and inside the armrest when I opened it up was a handgun.” The handgun was loaded. Officer Wheeler stated that Derrick Thomas (the driver of the vehicle), Henry Francois (the front seat passenger), and the juvenile all denied that the gun belonged to them. On cross-examination, Officer Wheeler conceded that he did not see the handgun in the juvenile’s possession or on his person.

IsDerrick Thomas testified at the hearing, however, that as he was getting pulled over by the patrol car, the juvenile was “[p]utting the gun in the trunk.” On cross-examination, Mr. Thomas conceded that in a prior statement he said that he had never seen the gun until it was retrieved by the police officer. He also explained that the vehicle he was driving was his mother’s car and when the backseat armrest is pulled down there was a hole to the trunk.

In addition, LeMoyne Reine, and investigator for Juvenile Regional Services testified that she took the written statement for Mr. Thomas wherein he stated that “I had never seen that gun that night before the cop pulled it out of the car.” Henry Francois, the front-seat passenger testified that he did not see a gun on the juvenile.

In her oral ruling, the trial judge observed as follows:

... The main issue here, based on the evidence presented in this case, we know that there was in fact a weapon found in the car. The issue is whether there was possession of that weapon and generally the State of Louisiana, in various cases that I have been reviewing, indicates that possession can be established by showing constructive or actual possession.

Accordingly, based on the police officer’s testimony and her understanding of the law, the trial judge found that the juvenile was in constructive possession of the handgun and adjudicated him a delinquent for “illegal possession of a handgun.”

Discussion

La.Rev.Stat. 14:95.8(A) provides:

It is unlawful for any person who has not attained the age of seventeen years knowingly to possess any handgun on his person. Any person possessing any handgun in violation of this Section commits the offense of illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile.

|4Pursuant to La.Rev.Stat. 14:95.8(A), “[constructive possession alone by the juvenile of a handgun is insufficient for a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that a juvenile unlawfully possessed a handgun.” State in the Interest of T.M., 2011-1238 p. 9 (La.App. 4 Cir. 3/28/12), 88 So.3d 1228, 1235.

The State argues that to grant the juvenile’s appeal in this case “would set a precedent not intended by the legislature” in enacting La.Rev.Stat. 14:95.8.” The State asserts that “For the Fourth Circuit to restrict the violation to cases only where a witness must observe a juvenile in actual possession of a handgun is to add an element to the crime not intended by the legislature.” While this assertion may have merit, it is noteworthy that it does not appear the State sought review by the Louisiana Supreme Court of State in the Interest of T.M., supra, wherein this court set the precedent that La.Rev.Stat. 14:95.8(A) requires actual possession rather than, as the facts in this case support, constructive possession.

Conclusion

In light of State in the Interest of T.M., supra, the trial court erred in adjudicating the juvenile a delinquent based on a finding of constructive possession of a handgun. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment.

REVERSED.

      . Such a set-up accommodates snow skis which are too long to fit in either the trunk or backseat of a vehicle.

      . The trial judge specifically stated that she did not “give a lot of weight” to Mr. Thomas's testimony.

      . Likewise, defense counsel appears to be equally unaware of this precedential and published case, relying only on an unpublished case (State in the Interest of T.S., 2007-0255 (La.App. 4 Cir. 9/7/07), 2007 WL 7712974) to support the juvenile’s argument that the statute should be strictly construed to require actual possession.


author: JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.

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    STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald REEL.
    No. 2010-KA-1737.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
    Oct. 3, 2012.
    Rehearing Denied Oct. 24, 2012.

      Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Andrew M. Pickett, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appel-lee/State of Louisiana.
    Frank Sloan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Mandeville, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.
    (Court composed of Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).
   JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.

hOn January 22, 2009, the State of Louisiana charged the defendant, Ronald Reel, by bill of indictment, with one count of aggravated rape (count one), a violation of La. R.S. 14:42, and one count of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling (count two), a violation of La. R.S. 14:62.3. The defendant pled not guilty to all charges at his arraignment. Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of the lesser offense of forcible rape on count one and guilty as charged on count two.

On April 23, 2010, defense counsel filed a motion for new trial (supplemented by the defendant pro se on May 7, .2010,) which the trial court denied on June 10, 2010. Also on June 10, 2010, the trial court sentenced the defendant on his conviction on count one to forty years at hard labor, with the first two years to be served without benefit of parole and with credit for time served. On count two, the defendant was sentenced to six years at hard labor with credit for time served. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently with each other and concurrently with any other sentence the defendant may be serving.

Following sentencing, the State filed a multiple bill of information and the defense filed a motion for appeal, which was granted. Following a hearing on the |2multiple bill, the trial court adjudged the defendant a triple felony offender. On September 3, 2010, the trial court vacated the defendant’s original sentence on count one and resentenced him pursuant to La. R.S. 15:529.1 to serve eighty years at hard labor, to run concurrently with any other sentences the defendant may be serving.

Testimony at trial revealed that on April 9, 2006, the victim, T.P., lived with her brother, W.P., at his home in the 6600 block of Brunswick Court in New Orleans. On the night of April 9, 2006, W.P. received several cell phone calls from the defendant, asking to speak with the victim and wanting to know where she was. The following morning, W.P. left for work at 6:30 a.m., leaving the victim home alone. W.P. did not give the defendant permission to enter his house.

The victim testified that she and the defendant met in 2004, and had an off and on romantic relationship for one and one-half years. The defendant was a violent person and began abusing the victim shortly after they met. Although the defendant stayed with her at her brother’s Brunswick Court house on occasion, he did not live there. The victim asked the defendant to leave on many occasions, but he refused, telling her that because she did not own the house, her brother would have to put him out. He also warned her that if her brother put him out, he would kill her and her family. The victim made several domestic abuse complaints against the defendant. On one occasion, he was jailed for five months, but as soon as he was released, he returned to the Brunswick Court house. The defendant continued to abuse her.

laWhen Hurricane Katrina hit the city, T.P. evacuated to New Iberia for about two weeks. She did not tell the defendant where she was relocating, but he tracked her down.

The day before the rape, the defendant called the victim to tell her that he was going to leave her alone and move on with his life. When the victim agreed that was a good idea, the defendant became enraged, cursing and calling her names. Every time she hung up the phone, he would call again and rant and rave. His persistent calls were upsetting to the point that she took her phone off the hook. When he could not speak to the victim, the defendant began calling her brother.

When she awoke the next morning, the defendant was in her bedroom. He was wearing hospital gloves and brandishing a gun. According to T.P., the defendant gained entrance to the house by breaking the back door and using a knife to pick the lock. The defendant told her that he came to kill her by shooting her four times in the head. He told her that after he killed her, he intended to set the house on fire. The victim begged for her life, but the defendant explained that if he did not kill her, she would call the police and have him put in jail. He also told her that he spent the previous night in the back yard. Next, the defendant told her to follow him to the back yard so “[he could] show [her] what else [he] had for [her].” The defendant told the victim: “That’s what I have for you right there, the gas can.”

When the two went back in the house, the defendant admitted that he had cut the wires on the surveillance cameras. He then raped her at gunpoint as she begged him not to kill her. The defendant taunted her about killing her because if the police arrested him, he would go to jail for the rest of his life. Then he told her, |4“You ain’t going to feel it. I’m going to shoot you in your head four times, and I’m going to set the house on fire because I can’t leave no evidence ... without evidence, there’s no case.” After offering the defendant financial help and assuring him she would not call the police, the defendant allowed the victim to go to work. He continued to threaten her, telling her that if she said anything to her neighbors, he would kill them.

The defendant rode the bus with the victim to work. As she was getting off the bus, the defendant told her, “... don’t forget” as he patted the gun in his pocket. The defendant remained on the bus, and when the victim was certain the defendant was gone, she ran to her sister’s house two blocks away. She told her sister what happened. Her sister called her brother, W.P., and he and the victim returned to their home. The victim did not tell her brother she was raped because she was ashamed; instead, she told him that the defendant broke into the house and threatened to kill her. W.P. stated that when he and the victim returned to their Brunswick Court home, he noticed that the wires to the security cameras mounted on the back of his house had been cut. Prior to that morning, the security cameras were operational. T.P. told the investigating female officer that the defendant “forced her to have sex with him.” She was transported to the hospital for medical testing.

Detective Mike McCleery conducted the investigation of the unauthorized entry and rape at the Brunswick Court residence. Detective McCleery spoke with officers who had arrived at the scene before him and ordered the crime lab to examine and photograph the scene. Detective McCleery also spoke to the victim and her brother. The victim was very nervous, fearing the suspect would return to the residence. According to the detective, he found no evidence of forced entry.

IsAs a result of his conversations with the victim and W.P., Detective McCleery developed the defendant as a suspect in the crimes. Detective McCleery identified the defendant in court and also identified several photographs taken at the scene, including among others, photos of gas cans located in the backyard of the residence and the victim’s bedroom, an aluminum can located in the victim’s bedroom, a photo of the disabled surveillance camera, a picture of a pair of wire cutters found in the backyard as well as a photo of a hat and hospital gloves, which were sitting next to the victim’s bed.

Detective McCleery transported the victim to Charity Hospital for a sexual assault test. The test proved positive for the presence of seminal fluid. While at the hospital, the victim identified the defendant as her attacker from a picture presented by -the detective. Detective McCleery prepared an arrest warrant for the defendant and a search warrant, which sought a saliva sample for DNA comparison with the seminal fluid retrieved from the victim’s body. NOPD Officer Joseph Pollard, an expert in fingerprint identification and comparison, found that the fingerprints recovered in this case were not suitable for comparison.

Registered nurse sexual assault examiner, Andrew Mahoney, examined the victim on April 10, 2006. Initially, the victim locked herself in the examination room because she was afraid of being in the room alone. After the victim allowed Ma-honey to enter the room, he found her awake, alert, frightened and talkative as she related the details of the rape. The victim’s examination did not reveal any injuries; however, he testified that the absence of injury was not proof that sexual contact was consensual. Blood testing was negative for the presence of drugs in the victim’s body.

|6The State and defense stipulated that Erica Sparacino was an expert in DNA testing, and that if she were called to testify, she would verify that she tested all of the evidence associated with the sexual assault examination in this case. Further, the tests results proved that the defendant was the donor of the seminal fluid recovered from the victim.

Don Hancock, telephone supervisor for the Orleans Parish Sheriffs Office, explained that he maintained the inmate phone system at the jail. His office records all inmate phone calls, and all records of those calls are archived. Hancock identified State’s exhibit 39 as the CD of the phone calls made by the defendant from September 23, 2008, through March 23, 2009. The State played portions of several phone calls made by the defendant while he was in jail.

ERRORS PATENT

Our review of the record reveals one error patent. The trial court did not observe the twenty-four hour delay, required by La.C.Cr.P. article 873, between his ruling on the motion for new trial and the original sentencing on June 10, 2010. However, this error is harmless because the defendant’s original sentence on count one was vacated when he was resentenced at the multiple bill resentencing on September 3, 2010, and the defendant did not challenge his sentence on count two in this appeal or raise as error the failure of the trial court to wait twenty-four hours before imposing sentence. See State v. Nunnei"y, 2004-1560, p. 6 (La.App. 4 Cir. 12/8/04), 891 So.2d 67, 70.

COUNSEL ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 1 AND PRO SE ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 1

By these assignments, the defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdict on count one, forcible rape.

| ^Defense counsel and the defendant argue that the State failed to define the sexual act for which he was charged. He contends that the victim’s testimony was insufficient because she did not identify the sexual act he was accused of having committed. Rather, she used the word “it” instead and never explained what “it” was. They also argue that the State did not prove penetration or that defendant used force or threats of physical violence against the victim.

The proper standard of appellate review for a sufficiency of the evidence claim is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). The Jackson standard is applicable in cases involving both direct and circumstantial evidence. An appellate court reviewing the sufficiency of evidence in such cases must resolve any conflict in the direct evidence by viewing that evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. When the direct evidence is thus viewed, the facts established by the direct evidence and inferred from the circumstances established by that evidence must be sufficient for a rational trier of fact to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant was guilty of every essential element of the crime. State v. Sutton, 436 So.2d 471 (La.1983).

The defendant in this case was charged with aggravated rape but convicted of forcible rape, La. R.S. 14:42.1, which is a proper responsive verdict for aggravated rape. La. C.C.P. art. 814(A)(8). In order to prove the crime of forcible rape, the State must prove: 1) anal, oral or vaginal sexual intercourse occurred; 2) without lawful consent of the victim; 3) resistance was prevented by force or threats of physical violence; and 4) the victim reasonably believed that such | ^resistance would not prevent the rape. La. R.S. 14:42.1. In the case of sexual offenses, the testimony of the victim alone can be sufficient to establish the elements of a sexual offense, even where the State does not introduce medical, scientific or physical evidence to prove the commission of the offense. State v. Hotoph, 99-243, p. 13 (La.App. 5 Cir. 11/10/99), 750 So.2d 1036, 1045.

The defendant’s arguments are groundless. At trial, the prosecutor asked the victim:

Q. And why didn’t you want to tell your brother [about the rape]?
A. Tell my brother I been raped? ... I didn’t want my brother and them to know [someone] raped me.

The foregoing victim’s response to the State’s question identifies the sexual act as rape.

The defendant’s argument that the State did not prove penetration is also without merit. The victim testified that the defendant raped her. Rape is defined in pertinent part as “... the act of ... vaginal sexual intercourse with a male or female person committed without the person’s lawful consent.” La. R.S. 14:41. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines vaginal sexual intercourse in part as: “... penetration of the vagina by the penis.”

As for threats of physical violence, the victim testified that the defendant threatened to shoot her in the head and then set her and the house on fire to destroy any evidence of his crimes. The entire time the defendant was with the victim that morning, he was holding a gun, including when he was raping her. The victim did not resist the defendant because “... he had a gun ... and it was like I ain’t had no other choice ...” Moreover, Andrew Ma-honey, the registered nurse sexual assault examiner, testified that he took a vaginal swab, which tested positive for the | ^presence of seminal fluid. Further, the evidence established that DNA tests on fluids matched that of the defendant.

The State proved beyond a reasonable doubt all of the elements of forcible rape. These assignments are meritless.

PRO SE ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 2

By this assignment, the defendant complains that the prosecutor improperly amended the indictment as to count two— unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. First, the defendant claims that there should have been a hearing prior to amending the indictment, and that because there was no hearing, he was “not properly informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him.” Second, he complains that the State’s failure to list the municipal address and the name of the owner of the property in the indictment violated his rights to present a defense, due process, fail' trial and effective cross-examination of W.P.

The time for testing the sufficiency of an indictment or bill of information is before trial by way of a motion to quash or an application for a bill of particulars. State v. Gainey, 376 So.2d 1240, 1243 (La.1979). A post-verdict attack on the sufficiency of an indictment should be rejected unless the indictment failed to give fair notice of the offense charged or failed to set forth any identifiable offense. State v. Williams, 480 So.2d 721, 722, n. 1 (La.1985). In this case, there is no indication in the record that the defendant objected to the sufficiency of the indictment prior to trial. Given La.C.Cr.P. art. 841’s requirement of contemporaneous objections, “a defendant may not raise the sufficiency of an indictment for the first time after conviction ... especially when the charging document fairly informed him of the charge against him and the alleged defect did not prejudice him.” State v. Allen, 2001-2494, p. 1 (La.6/21/02), 824 So.2d 344, 344. The Louisiana Supreme Court has found that, by failing to allege that an indictment provides inadequate notice of the charge prior to trial, the defendant had waived the claim. Id.

The defendant’s first argument is without merit. In accordance with La. C.Cr.P. art. 487, the district attorney has complete authority to amend indictments, both as to form and substance, at any time prior to trial. State v. Neslo, 433 So.2d 73 (La.1983). Where the defense can show prejudice as a result of the amendment, the court should grant a motion for a continuance. La.C.Cr.P. art. 489.

In this case, the district attorney amended the indictment prior to trial. The amendment consisted of inserting W.P.’s name as the owner of the property where the offenses occurred.

The record does not indicate any objection or motion alleging that the charges against the defendant had not been clarified. In fact, the defendant was adequately apprised of the crime of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. The indictment and the docket master list “unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling” and “La. R.S. 14:62.3.” The indictment was read at the defendant’s arraignment, and the State’s response to the motion for bill of particulars lists La. R.S. 14:62.3 as one the offenses charged. The State presented evidence indicating that the investigation phase of the proceedings was pursued as one for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. Furthermore, in opening and closing arguments, both the State and the defense referenced the charge of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, a charge on which the court instructed the jury.

As for the defendant’s assertion that because of the amendment, he was unable to properly prepare for cross-examination of a witness, the insertion of WjP.’sn name as owner of the property where the offenses occurred did not change the elements of the offense. W.P. testified at trial that he was the owner and was cross-examined by the defense. The defendant has not shown how the insertion of W.P.’s name hampered his ability to “effectively” cross-examine the witness. In short, the defendant fails to show how the amendment of the indictment prejudiced him.

With regard to the defendant’s argument that the State’s failure to list the municipal address and ownership of the property in the indictment violated his rights, we turn to La.C.Cr.P. art. 464, which provides in part:

The indictment shall be a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. It shall state for each count the official or customary citation of the statute which the defendant is alleged to have violated. Error in the citation or its omission shall not be ground for dismissal of the indictment or for reversal of a conviction if the error or omission did not mislead the defendant to his prejudice.

The indictment in this case reads in pertinent part:

... that, on or about April 10, 2006 one, Ronald Reel, committed unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling located in the 6600 Block of Brunswick Court belonging to [W.P.] in the Parish of Orleans ...

Additionally, the indictment contains the signature of the Grand Jury’s foreman, the date and the statutory citation for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling-La. R.S. 14:62.3.

The elements of the crime of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling are (1) that the accused entered a dwelling, (2) that the dwelling did not belong to the accused, (3) that the dwelling was used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode, and (4) that the entry was not authorized. La. R.S. 14:62.3; State v. Nunnery, 2004-1560, pp. 9-10 (La.App. 4 Cir. 12/8/04), 891 So.2d 67, 72. The indictment in this case clearly states that the defendant, without authority, entered W.P.’s dwelling in the 6600 block of Brunswick Court. The defendant was adequately apprised of the charge against him.

La.C.Cr.P. art. 469 provides in part:

The place of the commission of the offense need not be alleged in the indictment unless the place of commission is essential to the offense ...

The defendant does not show how the municipal address of the property in this case “is ... essential to the offense.” La. R.S. 14:62.3(A) does not require any more description of the place of the commission of the offense than “inhabited dwelling or other structure ... used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode ...” Consequently, the municipal address did not have to be included in the indictment.

La.C.Cr.P. art. 471 states:

Ownership, or the name of the owner of property, need not be alleged in the indictment, unless such ownership or name of the owner is essential to the offense.

Again, the defendant does not show that the identification of W.P. as the owner of the property “is ... essential to the offense.” La. R.S. 14:62.3 only requires that the inhabited dwelling or structure entered into belongs to another. The indictment lists that the defendant entered the property belonging to another—W.P.

The defendant has failed to show how the State’s failure to list the municipal address and the name of the owner of the property in the indictment violated any of his rights. This assignment has no merit.

| COUNSEL ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 2

The defendant’s next assignment of error argues that the evidence is insufficient to support his adjudication as a third felony offender. He also complains that he was not arraigned on the multiple bill of information.

Addressing first the issue of lack of arraignment, the record shows the defendant was put on notice of the multiple bill at the end of trial on March 16, 2010, when the State filed the multiple bill, and again at the defendant’s June 10, 2010 sentencing. Further, prior to the hearing on the multiple bill on August 6, 2010, the defendant filed a Motion to Quash and/or Object to Habitual Bill of Information in which he did not raise the issue of arraignment. After the trial court denied the motion to quash the multiple bill, defense counsel indicated the defendant’s readiness to proceed with the multiple bill hearing when counsel did not object to the State’s calling its witness. Therefore, any procedural irregularity or error in the failure to arraign the defendant was waived. See State v. Sykes, 2004-1199 (La.App. 4 Cir. 3/9/05), 900 So.2d 156; La.C.Cr.P. art. 555.

The trial court held a hearing at which the State’s evidence proved the defendant’s multiple offender status. NOPD Officer Joseph Pollard testified that he took the defendant’s fingerprints prior to commencement of the multiple bill hearing. Pollard identified State’s Exhibit 1 as the card containing those fingerprints. Further, Pollard identified State’s Exhibit 2 as the certified packet on Case No. 377-073, which evidenced a 1995 Orleans Parish conviction for illegal discharge of a firearm. The packet contains a bill of information containing 114fingerprints, docket master, plea of guilty form, minute entry, screening action form and an arrest register. Pollard testified that he compared the fingerprints on the bill of information of State’s Exhibit 2 to the fingerprints on State’s Exhibit 1, and concluded that the fingerprints on State’s Exhibit 2 belonged to the defendant.

Next, Pollard identified State’s Exhibit 3 as the certified packet on Case No. 388-861, which proved to be a 1997 Orleans Parish conviction for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. The packet contained a guilty plea form and a bill of information containing fingerprints. Pollard compared the fingerprints in State’s Exhibit 3 to those on State’s Exhibit 1, and found that the prints on the bill of information matched those on State’s Exhibit 1 and belonged to the defendant. Based on the foregoing exhibits and testimony, the State proved that the defendant was a third felony offender.

This assignment is without merit.

COUNSEL ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 3

In this assignment, the defendant complains that at his initial sentencing and the multiple bill sentencing, the trial court failed to advise him, as required by La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.8, of the time period in which to petition for post-conviction relief.

The language in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8 is merely precatory and does not bestow an enforceable right upon an individual defendant. State ex rel. Glover v. State, 93-2330 (La.9/5/95), 660 So.2d 1189, 1201. Accordingly, this failure is not | lfian error and requires no action on the part of this court. State v. Guy, 95-0899 (La.App. 4 Cir.1/31/96), 669 So.2d 517, 526-27. This assignment is meritless.

PRO SE ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 3

This assignment argues that the defendant’s rights to a fair trial and due process were violated by the State’s deliberate introduction of false evidence. The defendant’s complaint stems from the recordings of his jailhouse telephone calls, in particular one made on December 6, 2009.

The State entered into evidence a disc of the defendant’s calls compiled and identified by Don Hancock. On its cover, the disc indicates that it contains calls recorded from September 23, 2008, through March 23, 2009. The defendant argues that the false evidence is the December 6, 2009 telephone call. He argues that the State misled the jury in closing argument, citing the December call as proof that the defendant had been attempting to buy the victim’s silence for one year. The defendant points out that if the call did occur, it was made nine months after the cut-off date indicated on the disc, and further, that it did not prove that he had been attempting to prevent the victim from testifying. He contends that, but for the false evidence, he would have had a different outcome at trial. In support of his position, he cites Napue v. People of the State of Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. 1173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959), for the rule that where a prosecutor allows a state witness to give false testimony without correction,- a reviewing court must reverse the conviction if the witness’ testimony reasonably could have affected the jury’s verdict, even if the testimony goes only to the credibility of the witness. 360 U.S. at 269, 79 S.Ct. at 1177, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959).

To prove a Napue claim, the defendant must show that the prosecutor acted in collusion with the witness to facilitate false testimony. State v. Broadway, 96-2659, p. 17 (La.10/19/99), 753 So.2d 801, 814. Furthermore, fundamental fairness, i.e., due process, is offended “when the State, although not soliciting false evidence, allows it to go uncorrected when it appears.” Napue, 360 U.S. at 269, 79 5.Ct. at 1177, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959). When false testimony has been given under such circumstances, the defendant is entitled to a new trial unless there is no reasonable likelihood that the alleged false testimony could have affected the outcome of the trial. Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972). However, the grant of a new trial based upon a Napue violation is proper only if: (1) the statements at issue are shown to be actually false; (2) the prosecution knew they were false; and (3) the statements were material. United States v. O’Keefe, 128 F.3d 885, 893 (5th Cir.1997).

There is nothing in the record to suggest that the content of the December 6, 2009 telephone call is false or that the call, as the defendant contends, did not occur. Don Hancock, the custodian of the inmate telephone system, testified that he made a recording of the call for trial. Moreover, at trial, Hancock listened to the recording, and he identified the call heard on the tape as the one he produced for trial. The State played the recording for the jury. The defense offered no evidence to refute that the call was made or that the recording introduced at trial was not that of the December 6, 2009 call. Even so, the content of the telephone call is immaterial. Even if the call does indicate that the defendant had been attempting to silence the victim, the call is not evidence that the defendant is guilty of the crimes charged.

The defendant’s contention the State presented false evidence with reference to the December 2009 telephone call by arguing that the call occurred one year, rather than nine months, after the cut-off period listed on the recording, is also | ]7immaterial. The difference of three months between the defendant’s and State’s time computations had no bearing on the verdicts rendered in this case—the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt did. This assignment has no merit.

PRO SE ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER 4

In his final pro se assignment, the defendant argues that the prosecutor knew or should have known that the victim’s trial testimony was false, and the prosecutor’s failure to correct the false testimony denied him a fundamentally fair trial. In support of his argument, the defendant cites contradictions between the victim’s statement to the police and her trial testimony.

The contradictions the defendant complains of are:

1.police statement—prior to the rape, defendant told the victim he could kill her, but that he loved her too much to do that;
trial testimony—the defendant said the defendant had come to shoot her in the head four times.
2. police report—as the victim got off the bus, the defendant told her that she better start calling and coming around;
trial testimony—the defendant patted the gun in his pocket and told her he would kill her if she told anyone about the assault.
3. police repoH—the victim called her brother who told her to call the police which she did when she got home;
trial testimony—she went to her sister’s house, called her brother, and the two went home together.
4. police repoH—the defendant was calling and standing in the victim’s alley and backyard the night before the rape;
trial testimony—defendant slept on a bench in the alley.
5. police repoH—the victim said her brother must have forgotten to lock the door when he left the house;
trial testimony—the victim said the defendant broke in through the back door and picked the lock.

Further, the defendant notes that the victim testified that the defendant did live at her house, while her brother denied that defendant ever lived there.

None of the foregoing instances proves that the prosecutor knew that the victim’s testimony was false. It cannot be presumed that a prosecutor has knowledge that a witness’ answer is false simply because the witness may have testified somewhat differently on a prior occasion. A witness’ memory may fade with the passage of time. The offenses charged in this case happened on April 10, 2006. The case was tried in March 2010—almost four years after the victim’s horrifying experiences. The terror, stress and pain the victim suffered as a result of the rape offer an explanation for the differences between the information she gave the police immediately after the rape and that of her trial testimony — given approximately four years later under much different circumstances. Moreover, the defendant had a copy of the police report at trial and could have cross-examined the victim on any of the foregoing to emphasize the discrepancies to the jury.

There is no evidence in the record that contradicts the facts that the defendant entered W.P.’s residence without authority and raped the victim at gunpoint with threats of bodily harm. The foregoing instances of conflicting testimony highlighted by the defendant do not prove the testimony was false. The defendant’s right to a fundamentally fair trial was not abridged.

For the reasons stated above, we affirm the defendant’s convictions and sentences.

AFFIRMED

      . We refer to the victim by her initials, T.P., or as "the victim," and to her brother by his initials, W.P., in order to protect the victim’s privacy.

      . La.C.Cr.P. art. 555 provides in part:
      A failure to arraign the defendant or the fact that he did not plead, is waived if the defendant enters upon the trial without objecting thereto, and it shall be considered as if he had pleaded not guilty.

      . La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8 generally requires that applications for post-conviction relief be filed within two years of the finality of a conviction.


author: MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge. LOB RANO, J.,

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    STATE of Louisiana v. Karbin D. PAUL.
    No. 2011-KA-1347.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
    Oct. 3, 2012.
    Rehearing Denied Oct. 31, 2012.

      Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Felicity Strachan, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant/State of Louisiana.
    James Harper, Orleans Public Defenders, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Ap-pellee/Karbin D. Paul.
    (Court composed of Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).
   MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge.

liThe defendant, Karbin Paul, filed a Motion to Quash the bill of information filed against him. His motion alleged that the State violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial and that the State failed to bring him to trial within two years of the institution of the prosecution against him as required by Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 578(A)(2). The State of Louisiana defended the motion claiming that Mr. Paul is responsible for the delay and alleged an interruption of the statutory prescriptive period. The trial court granted the motion and the State filed the instant appeal. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Mr. Paul was arrested on February 6, 2006 and charged with possession of cocaine. He posted a commercial surety bond on February 7, 2006. On the bond, Mr. Paul listed his address as 700 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. This bond did not fix an appearance date for Mr. Paul.

Pursuant to this arrest, on April 7, 2006, Mr. Paul was charged by bill of information with one count of possession of methamphetamine in violation of Louisiana Revised Statute 40:967(0(2) and his arraignment was set for May 4, 2006. Mr. Paul failed to appear in court for his arraignment. He then failed to ^appear at two subsequent arraignment hearings. The record reflects that the sheriff attempted service on only one occasion, May 13, 2006, and only at the address listed by Mr. Paul on his commercial surety bond. The sheriffs return is marked “Service, Other,” and the Comments section states, “Ninth Circle at Cong [sic] Square Restaurant appears to be getting renovated.” After Mr. Paul failed to appear at the third scheduled arraignment, the trial court granted the State’s motion for bond forfeiture and issued a warrant for Mr. Paul’s arrest. The arrest warrant listed Mr. Paul’s address as 1036 St. Peter. The sheriff never attempted to effect service on Mr. Paul at this address.

On March 17, 2011, the trial court was advised that Mr. Paul had been arrested. Mr. Paul appeared in court and pled not guilty to the 2006 charge. Soon thereafter, Mr. Paul filed the Motion to Quash that forms the basis of this appeal.

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR

The State alleges that the trial court abused its discretion in granting Mr. Paul’s motion to quash his bill of information based on prescription.

DISCUSSION

The State instituted proceedings against Mr. Paul on April 7, 2006 when it filed a bill of information against him charging him with possession of methamphetamine, a felony punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years. La. R.S. 40:967(0(2); La.C.Cr.P. art. 382(A). Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 578(A)(2) sets forth the time period in which the State was required to bring Mr. Paul to trial. That article provides that in non-capital felony cases, “... no trial shall be commenced ... after two years from the date of institution of the prosecution ...” Pursuant to this article, barring 13any interruption of this time limitation, the State had until April 7, 2008 to bring Mr. Paul to trial.

Mr. Paul based his motion to quash on two grounds: that the prosecution of his case violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial and that the State failed to bring his case to trial within the two year time limitation set forth in Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 578(A)(2). The trial court granted the motion based only on the prescription claim.

The State defended the motion to quash and contends here on appeal that prescription in this case was interrupted as provided for in Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 579, which provides, in part:

A. The period of limitation established by Article 578 shall be interrupted if:
(1) The defendant at any time, with the purpose to avoid detection, apprehension, or prosecution, flees from the state, is outside the state, or is absent from his usual place of abode within the state; or....
(3) The defendant fails to appear at any proceeding pursuant to actual notice, proof of which appears of record.

Once a motion to quash for untimely prosecution has been filed, the State is under a heavy burden to show a legal cause for the delay. State v. Williams, 631 So.2d 1370, 1373 (La.App. 5 Cir. 2/9/94) citing, State v. Taylor, 439 So.2d 410 (La.1983). The responsibility of proving timely prosecution rests with the state. State v. Dennis, 46,471 (La.App. 2 Cir. 9/21/11), 72 So.3d 968, 975, writ denied, 2011-2365 (La.5/18/12), 89 So.3d 1189. It is clear that more than two years elapsed from the institution of prosecution in this case and the date Mr. Paul filed his motion to quash. Thus, the issue presented is whether the State established that the two year prescriptive period had been interrupted.

|4In an effort to establish an interruption, the State alleges that Mr. Paul violated Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 322(B) when he failed to notify the court of his change of address. This article states that each address provided by the defendant on the bond “shall be conclusively presumed to continue for all proceedings on the bond until the party providing the address changes it by filing a written declaration.” Additionally, the face of the bond reads “as a further condition of this bond, I agree to immediately notify the clerk of court of any change of my address different from the address I now give under penalty of contempt of court.” The State asserts that it attempted service on Mr. Paul at the address that he provided on his bond and that this service was unsuccessful. Thus, the State contends that it sufficiently discharged its duty to provide notice to Mr. Paul.

In support of its position, the State cites State v. Peters, 2010-0939 (La.App. 4 Cir. 11/17/10), 52 So.3d 233. In Peters, efforts were made to serve the defendant by personal or domiciliary service and by mail, affirmatively establishing that the subject no longer lived at the address found on his bond. This Court found that the defendant’s failure to report a change of address triggered Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 322, effectively interrupting the state’s two year time limitation established by article 578. The facts in the instant case are distinguishable.

In the instant case, Mr. Paul posted a commercial surety bond on February 7, 2006. This bond did not fix an appearance date for Mr. Paul. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 344(B) provides, “When a bail bond does not fix the appearance date, written notice of the time, date, and place the defendant is first ordered by the court to appear shall be given to the defendant or his duly appointed |fiagent and his personal surety or the commercial surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bond for the commercial surety.” As such, when the State charged Mr. Paul by bill of information on April 7, 2006, it was required to provide Mr. Paul and his surety with written notice of the date of his arraignment. It did not.

The State could have accomplished this notice by one of three methods: by domiciliary service, by personal service, or through the United States Post Office, by either certified mail, return receipt requested, or first class mail to the addressee at the address listed on the subpoena. La.C.Cr.P. art. 735. The only evidence presented by the State of its attempt to serve Mr. Paul is the sole sheriffs return found in the record dated May 13, 2006. This return bears the following notations: “Service, Other” and “Ninth Circle at Cong [sic] Square Restaurant appears to be getting renovated.” The State has failed to present any evidence that it mailed a subpoena to Mr. Paul or that Mr. Paul had “actual notice” of his arraignment date.

The jurisprudence directs us that a single unsuccessful attempt at service does not interrupt the prescriptive period. In State v. Foster, 96-0670 (La.6/28/96), 675 So.2d 1101, the Louisiana Supreme Court found that a single attempt at domiciliary service on an individual who said that she did not see the defendant at that address very often and refused to sign the return “did not establish that relator had actual notice of the proceedings and did not discharge the state’s heavy burden ‘to exercise due diligence in discovering the whereabouts of the defendant as well as in taking appropriate steps to secure his presence for trial once it has found him.’ ” Foster, at 1, 675 So.2d at 1102, quoting, State v. Estill, 614 So.2d 709, 710 (La.1993).

In State v. Sorden, 2009-1416, p. 15 (La.App. 4 Cir. 8/4/10), 45 So.3d 181, 190, the State made a single attempt at service on Ms. Sorden by mailing a copy of |fia subpoena to her residence which had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. This Court found that this one attempt was not sufficient and noted that there was no proof of actual notice in the record.

Whenever a defendant moves to quash the charge against him due to a violation of the time limits for bringing defendant to trial, the State bears the burden (sometimes referred to as a “heavy” burden) of showing that an interruption of the time limitation occurred. State v. Franklin, 2010-0792, p. 4 (La.App. 4 Cir. 4/6/11), 62 So.3d 817, 819; State ex rel T.N., 2009-0431, p. 6 (La.App. 4 Cir. 11/12/09), 25 So.3d 962, 965. Here, the State had the burden of establishing that Mr. Paul either deliberately absented himself to avoid prosecution; or that he failed to appear at any proceeding pursuant to actual notice, proof of which appears of record. La.C.Cr.P. art. 579(A) and (C). The evidence submitted by the State does not establish either of these facts.

The sheriff made a single attempt at service at the address provided by Mr. Paul on his commercial surety bond. The wording of the sheriffs return does not conclude that no one lived at 700 North Rampart Street, nor that the address was abandoned or derelict — only that the building was being “renovated.” There was no follow-up to determine whether Mr. Paul actually lived at that address during the renovation. Even if the record established that Mr. Paul was absent at the time the deputy attempted service, the State failed to prove that Mr. Paul was absent to “avoid detection or prosecution.” Further, there was nothing in the record to establish that Mr. Paul had actual notice to appear at any proceeding. When the bill of information was filed, the State had an obligation to serve it on Mr. Paul through domiciliary service, personal service, or through the United States mail. It did not do so.

In State v. Love, 00-3347, pp. 9-10 (La.5/23/02), 847 So.2d 1198, 1206, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that “[b]ecause the complementary role of trial courts and appellate courts demands that deference be given to a trial court’s discretionary decision, an appellate court is allowed to reverse a trial court judgment on a motion to quash only if that finding represents an abuse of the trial court’s discretion.” The trial court found that the State failed to meet its burden of establishing an interruption to the prescriptive period. We find no abuse of the trial court’s discretion.

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the trial court’s granting of the motion to quash.

AFFIRMED

LOB RANO, J.,

dissents with reasons.

hi respectfully dissent.

The State established that the two-year prescriptive period had been interrupted under La.C.Cr.P. article 579(A)(1) due to the failure of the defendant, Karbin D. Paul, to promptly notify the court of his change of address pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. article 322(B).

      . The record is this case includes another address for Mr. Paul at which service was never requested.