Case Name: STATE ex rel. Booker Earl LOYDEN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2014-05-02
Citations: 138 So. 3d 1235
Docket Number: No. 2013-KH-1970
Parties: STATE ex rel. Booker Earl LOYDEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: CLARK, J., would deny.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 138
Pages: 1235–1235

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Booker Earl LOYDEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2013-KH-1970.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 2, 2014.

Opinion:
In re Loyden, Booker Earl; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial District Court Div. E, No. 256385; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KH 13-00664.
Writ granted in part. The court of appeal is ordered to allow relator a reasonable amount of time to supplement his application with the appropriate supporting documentation and to (re)consider his pro se filing on the merits. See State v. Melon, 95-2209 (La 9/22/95), 660 So.2d 466 ("[Meaningful access to courts guaranteed by La. Const, art. I, § 2, 19 and 22 requires courts to accept and consider post-verdict pro se filings from represented defendants."). In all other respects, the application is denied.
CLARK, J., would deny.