Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Rayne WILLIAMS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-09-21
Citations: 252 So. 3d 892
Docket Number: No. 2017-K-1816
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Rayne WILLIAMS
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 252
Pages: 892–892

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Rayne WILLIAMS
No. 2017-K-1816
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 21, 2018
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL, PARISH OF ORLEANS

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted. The decision of the court of appeal is reversed and the case is returned to the court of appeal for a decision on the pretermitted assignment of error. When issues are raised on appeal both as to the sufficiency of the evidence and as to one or more trial errors, the reviewing court should first determine the sufficiency of the evidence. State v. Hearold , 603 So.2d 731, 734 (La. 1992). After the court of appeal decides the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence to support defendant's conviction, it should revisit whether it is necessary to remand to the trial court to enable the resolution of defendant's remaining claim, i.e. , that he did not validly waive his right to a jury trial.
REVERSED AND REMANDED