Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Jerold WRIGHT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1997-04-30
Citations: 693 So. 2d 728
Docket Number: No. 97-KK-0770
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Jerold WRIGHT.
Judges: CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel; recused.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 693
Pages: 728–729

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Jerold WRIGHT.
No. 97-KK-0770.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 30, 1997.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "I", No. 383-529; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 97KW-0558.
Denied; stay recalled. Pre-trial supervisory review by the appellate courts provides an adequate means of resolving the extent to which a trial judge may order the state to disclose information in its possession on the backgrounds of prospective jurors. See State v. Holmes, 347 So.2d 221 (La.1979). The state therefore rendered its present application moot by waiting until after the jury verdict acquitting the defendant to apply for review at a time when the issue was no longer "live." Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 496, 89 S.Ct. 1944, 1951, 23 L.Ed.2d 491 (1969); Behler v. Louisiana State Racing Commission, 251 La. 959, 207 So.2d 758, 759 (1968). The stay issued by this Court is recalled and the contempt hearing may proceed as a separate inquiry into disobedience of the court's order. State v. Meyer, 375 So.2d 372, 373 (La.1979); City of Lake Charles v. Bell, 347 So.2d 494, 496 (La.1977).
CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel; recused.