Opinion
2024 KW 0489
08-23-2024
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEFFERY J. FUSSELL
In Re: Jeffery J. Fussell, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 24-WCR-112.
BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., PENZATO AND STROMBERG, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. Although relator captioned his pleading as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the remedy he seeks is in the nature of a request for postconviction relief. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 924(1). Applications for postconviction relief shall be filed in the parish in which the petitioner was convicted. La. Code Crim. P. art. 925. Relator was convicted in St. Tammany Parish, but filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in West Feliciana Parish. Accordingly, the district court correctly denied relator's petition.
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