Case Name: STATE ex rel. Carlos SPANN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2009-09-04
Citations: 17 So. 3d 952
Docket Number: No. 2008-KH-2392
Parties: STATE ex rel. Carlos SPANN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 17
Pages: 952–952

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Carlos SPANN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2008-KH-2392.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 4, 2009.

Opinion:
In re Spann, Carlos; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. H, No. 251,435; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 43860-KH.
Granted for the sole purpose of remanding the application to the court of appeal for treatment on the merits. Department of Public Safety and Corrections records reveal that relator has a full-term release date of May 16, 2010. The application for post-conviction i'elief thus satisfies the custody requirement of La.C.Cr.P. art. 924(2) ("'Custody' means detention or confinement, or probation or parole supervision ."). See also State v. Smith, 96-1798, p. 4-6 (La.10/21/97), 700 So.2d 493, 495-96 (analyzing custody requirement in light of State ex rel. Becnel v. Blackburn, 410 So.2d 1015 (La.1982)). In all other respects, the application is denied.