Opinion
2022 KW 0802
10-12-2022
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PRESTON G. DEMOUCHETTE, JR.
In Re: Preston G. Demouchette, Jr., applying for supervisory writs, 16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary, Nos. 95-141810, 43542, 89969.
BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., GUIDRY AND WOLFE, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. This court is limited to review of the lower court rulings or the failure of the lower court to act on a properly filed motion or petition. Any application filed in this court should indicate what relief has been sought in the lower court and the result of such filing, and should include a copy of the motion or petition filed in the lower court, a copy of the lower court's rulings, and a copy of all other pertinent documentation.
VGW
EW
Guidry, J., dissents and would transfer the writ application to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which has "exclusive supervisory jurisdiction of all criminal writ applications relating to convictions and sentences imposed prior to July 1, 1982." La. Const, art. V, § 5 (E).