State Of Louisiana v. Rashan Williams ( 2019 )

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 1189
VERSUS
RASHAN WILLIAMS DEC 182019
In Re: Rashan Williams, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington, No. 98-
CR5- 73282.
BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. For offenses committed prior to January 1,
2019, non -unanimous twelve -person jury verdicts in Louisiana are
constitutional. State v. Bertrand, 2008- 2215 ( La. 3/ 17/ 09), 6
So. 3d 738. We note, however, that the United States Supreme
Court granted certiorari in Ramos v. Louisiana, 2016- 1199 ( La.
App. 4th Cir, 11/ 2/ 17), 231 So. 3d 44, writ denied, 2017- 2133
La. 6/ 15/ 18), 257 So. 3d 679, and writ denied sub nam., State ex
rel. Evangelisto Ramos v. State, 2017- 1177 ( La. 10/ 15/ 18), 253
So. 3d 1300, and cert. granted, U. S. , 139 S. Ct. 1318, 203
L. Ed. 2d 563 ( 2019), to address the question of whether the
unanimous jury verdict requirement of the Sixth Amendment to the
United States Constitution applies to the states through
application of the Fourteenth Amendment. Depending on the
Court' s holding in Ramos,
ultimate relator may have grounds to
raise this issue again in a future proceeding.
PMC
JEW
GH
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT