State of Louisiana Versus Glynn Juniors ( 2023 )

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 23-KH-379
VERSUS FIFTH CIRCUIT
GLYNN JUNIORS COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF LOUISIANA
September 08, 2023
Linda Wiseman
First Deputy Clerk
IN RE GLYNN JUNIORS, JR.
APPLYING FOR SUPERVISORY WRIT FROM THE FORTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST
JOHN THE BAPTIST, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DIRECTED TO THE HONORABLE J. STERLING SNOWDY,
DIVISION "C", NUMBER 98,12
Panel composed of Judges Susan M. Chehardy,
Marc E. Johnson, and John J. Molaison, Jr.
WRIT GRANTED FOR LIMITED PURPOSE
Relator, Glynn Juniors, seeks review of the trial court’s March 22, 2023 order
denying his application for post-conviction relief (“APCR”) filed in the 40th Judicial
District Court on December 29, 2022. Relator was indicted in St. John the Baptist Parish
for first degree murder. However, pursuant to a defense motion for change of venue, the
case was transferred to Vermillion Parish in the 15th Judicial District Court, where he was
convicted and sentenced.1 As a result, Relator should have filed his APCR in Vermillion
Parish.2
Therefore, we find that the 40th Judicial District Court was not the proper venue for
the filing of Relator’s APCR. Accordingly, we grant the writ application for the limited
purpose of vacating the trial court’s March 22, 2023 order.
Gretna, Louisiana, this 8th day of September, 2023.
MEJ
SMC
JJM
1
See, State v. Juniors, 05-649 (La. App. 3 Cir. 12/30/05), 918 So.2d 1137, for the underlying facts of the matter.
2
See, La. C.Cr.P. art. 925, which states, “Applications for post conviction relief shall be filed in the parish in which the
petitioner was convicted.”
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY CURTIS B. PURSELL
CHIEF JUDGE CLERK OF COURT
SUSAN S. BUCHHOLZ
FREDERICKA H. WICKER
CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK
JUDE G. GRAVOIS
MARC E. JOHNSON
ROBERT A. CHAISSON LINDA M. WISEMAN
STEPHEN J. WINDHORST
FIRST DEPUTY CLERK
JOHN J. MOLAISON, JR.
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