Case ID: so3d_195/html/1205-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "GUIDRY, J., CRICHTON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul WALKER.
    No. 2016-KK-1239.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    June 29, 2016.
   In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. G, No. 523-589; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2016-K-0672.

11 Stay denied. Writ denied.

GUIDRY, J.,

would grant the stay and the writ to reverse the trial court’s ruling on the motion for speedy trial.

CLARK, J., would grant.

CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

CRICHTON, J.,

would grant and assigns reasons.

hit is my view that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the motion for release in light of the homeless status of the victim, the fact that the defendant was charged with a crime of violence, and the proximity of the jury trial setting, which currently falls within a month of the trial release order, all of which constitute good cause to deny the motion at this time. Furthermore, nothing would preclude or encumber the defense from successfully re-urging the speedy trial motion on the July 18, 2016 trial date. Accordingly, I would grant the State’s writ application and reverse the ruling of the trial court, thereby denying the defendant’s motion to release pursuant to La. C.Cr.P. art. 701.