DocketNumber： 2021KW1235
Filed Date： 12/30/2021
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 12/31/2021
STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1235 VERSUS ANDREA HALL 30, 2021 In Re: Andrea Hall, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 12- WCR- 434. BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., PENZATO AND HESTER, JJ. WRIT DENIED. Relator was tried, convicted, and sentenced in the Seventh Judicial District Court ( Concordia Parish). Although relator captioned his pleading as an application for writ of habeas corpus, the remedy he seeks is postconviction relief. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 924( 1); Sinclair v. Kennedy, 96- 1510 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 9/ 19/ 97),701 So. 2d 457
, 460, writ denied, 97- 2495 ( La. 4/ 3/ 98),717 So. 2d 645
. Applications for postconviction relief must be filed in the parish in which a petitioner was convicted. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 925. Therefore, the district court did not err by not considering the merits of relator' s claim. Relator should file his pleading with the Seventh Judicial District Court. VGW AHP CHH COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DEP TY C ERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT