Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Rickie D. WESTFALL
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1998-04-24
Citations: 708 So. 2d 1053
Docket Number: No. 97-KP-2973
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Rickie D. WESTFALL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 708
Pages: 1053–1053

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Rickie D. WESTFALL.
No. 97-KP-2973.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 24, 1998.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Writ granted. As an alternative to summoning all concerned parties to a contradictory hearing conducted in open court, the district court shall first provide the district attorney and arresting agency with the opportunity to respond in writing to the allegations of relator's motion, either conceding that relator is entitled to expungement of one or more of his arrests and waiving the contradictory hearing called for in La.Rev.Stat. 44:9B and La.Rev.Stat. 44:9C, cf La.Ch. Code art. 919C, or denying specifically his allegations. The court shall then provide relator with the opportunity to file a written response to any opposition. If there exist no factual disputes which the presence of the parties, including relator, may help resolve, the district court may conduct the hearing on the pleadings and any supporting documents. See State ex rel. Griffin v. Twenty-First Judicial District Court, 532 So.2d 137 (La.1988).
Calogero, C.J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, § 3.