Opinion
2023-KH-00609
09-06-2023
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CASSETTI DEWAYNE BROWN, JR.
Casetti Dewayne Brown, Jr. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of Vernon, 30th Judicial District Court Number(s) 91528, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) KH 23-00152;
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
JLW
JDH
SJC
JTG
PDG
Crain, J., dissent.
McCallum, J., dissent.
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF VERNON
PER CURIAM
Writ granted. The matter is remanded to the court of appeal. That court is ordered to allow applicant a reasonable amount of time to supplement his application with the appropriate supporting documentation and to consider his pro se filing on the merits. Cf. State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La. 1983) (pro se petitioner "is not to be denied access to the courts for review of his case on the merits by the overzealous application of form and pleading requirements or hyper-technical interpretations of court rules."). See also State v. Scales, 2018-1681 (La. 7/17/20), 298 So.3d 155; State ex rel. Ward v. State, 2017-0978 (La. 9/21/18), 252 So.3d 887.